• (n.) Alt. of Canceleer • (v. i.) To turn in flight; -- said of a hawk.
Can`cel·ier' intransitive verb [ French chanceler , Old French canseler , to waver, orig. to cross the legs so as not to fall; from the same word as English cancel .] (Falconry) To turn in flight; -- said of a hawk. [ Obsolete] Nares. « He makes his stoop; but...