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cancelier |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cancelier \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cancelier \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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