canceleert, canceliert (kanseler)

[F. * canceler, a ibilated chanceler (*eschanceler) (= Pr. cancheler, chance lar ), reel, stagger, waver, lit. go in zigzags, being the same word as canceler, draw lines acro in the form of latticework: see cancel, v.] The turn of a hawk upon the wing to recover itself, after mi ing in the first stoop. Also written canceller. The fierce and eager hawks, down thrilling from the skies, Make sundry canceleers ere they the fowl can reach. Drayton, Polyolbion, xx. 229. IMG:content-3017.png:[blocks in formation] The partridge sprung, He [the hawk] makes his stoop; but, wanting breath, is forced To cancelier. Mas singer, The Guardian, ii. 1.