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Webster 1913 Edition


Cancelier

Canˊcel-ier′

,
Verb.
I.
[F.
chanceler
, OF.
canseler
, to waver, orig. to cross the legs so as not to fall; from the same word as E.
cancel
.]
(Falconry)
To turn in flight; – said of a hawk.
[Obs.]
Nares.
He makes his stoop; but wanting breath, is forced
To
cancelier
.
Massinger.