Dictionary entry

Cancelier

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Can′cel‐ier″ (?), v. 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. Nares.

He makes his stoop; but wanting breath, is forced

To cancelier.

Massinger.