cancelier Meaning, Definition & Usage

Can`cel*ier" intransitive verb
Etymology
F. chanceler, OF. canseler, to waver, orig. to cross the legs so as not to fall; from the same word as E. cancel.
Definitions
  1. (Falconry) To turn in flight; -- said of a hawk. Obs. Nares.
    He makes his stoop; but wanting breath, is forced To cancelier. Massinger.
Can`cel*ier", Can"cel*eer noun (Also<
  • Cancelier
  • Canceleer
)
Definitions
  1. (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