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Meaning of CANCELIER

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Can`cel*ier"\, v. i. [F. chanceler, OF. canseler, to
    waver, orig. to cross the legs so as not to fall; from the
    same word as E. cancel.] (Falconry)
    To turn in flight; -- said of a hawk. [Obs.] --Nares.
          He makes his stoop; but wanting breath, is forced To
          cancelier.                               --Massinger.
    
  2. \Can`cel*ier"\, Canceleer \Can"cel*eer\, n. (Falconry)
    The turn of a hawk upon the wing to recover herself, when she
    misses her aim in the stoop. [Obs.]
          The fierce and eager hawks, down thrilling from the
          skies, Make sundry canceliers ere they the fowl can
          reach.                                   --Drayton.
    
 
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