CANCELIERING

Verb

canceliering

present participle of cancelier

Source: Wiktionary


CANCELIER

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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