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.
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         He makes his stoop; but wanting breath, is forced
         To cancelier.                            --Massinger.
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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.]
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         The fierce and eager hawks, down thrilling from the
         skies,
         Make sundry canceliers ere they the fowl can reach.
                                                  --Drayton.
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