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Webster 1913 Edition


Canceleer

{

Canˊcel-ier′

,

Can′cel-eer

}
,
Noun.
(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
ere they the fowl can reach.
Drayton.