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cancelier
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cancelier, 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.].
To turn in flight; -- said of a hawk. Nares. [1913 Webster]
"He makes his stoop; but wanting breath, is forced
To cancelier." [1913 Webster]
To cancelier." [1913 Webster]
cancelier, n.
The turn of a hawk upon the wing to recover herself, when she misses her aim in the stoop. [1913 Webster]
"The fierce and eager hawks, down thrilling from the skies,
Make sundry canceliers ere they the fowl can reach." [1913 Webster]
Make sundry canceliers ere they the fowl can reach." [1913 Webster]
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