Can`cel*ier" (?), 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.]

The fierce and eager hawks, down thrilling from the skies, Make sundry canceliers are they the fowl can reach. Drayton.

© Webster 1913.

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