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.
© Webster 1913.
Can`cel*ier" (?), 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 are they the fowl can reach.
Drayton.
© Webster 1913.