Canceleer

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cancelier \Can`cel*ier"\, Canceleer \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.]
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           The fierce and eager hawks, down thrilling from the


           skies,
           Make sundry canceliers ere they the fowl can reach.
                                                    --Drayton.
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