cancelier

CIDE DICTIONARY

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]

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]