CANCELIER
Verb
cancelier (third-person singular simple present canceliers, present participle canceliering, simple past and past participle canceliered)
(intransitive, of a bird of prey) To turn in flight.
Anagrams
• accelerin, recalcine
Source: Wiktionary
Can`cel*ier", v. i. Etym: [F. chanceler, OF. canseler, to waver, orig. to cross the legs so as not to fall; from the same word as E. cancel.] (Falconry)
Definition: 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, n. (Falconry)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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