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Intense excitement at the sight of deer or other game, such as often unnerves a novice in hunting. [Colloq.]

A hound for hunting deer. Master of the buckhounds, an officer in the royal household. [Eng.]

A coarse leaden shot, larger than swan shot, used in hunting deer and large game.

A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin.

A toil or net to take deer.

The round knob of an antler next to a deer's head. [Commonly written burr.] Bur oak (Bot.), a useful and ornamental species of oak (Quercus macrocarpa) with ovoid acorns inclosed in deep cups imbricated with pointed scales. It grows in the Middle and Western United States, and its wood is tough, close-grained, and dura…

strong, protecting covering for the foot, coming some distance up the leg. The hunted red deer's undressed hide Their hairy buskins well supplied. Sir W. Scott.

The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species (Rangifer Caribou). Barren Ground caribou. See under Barren. -- Woodland caribou, the common reindeer (Rangifer Caribou) of the northern forests of America.

The act of killing deer; deer-slaying. [R.]

Of or pertaining to the deer, or to the family Cervidæ.

A genus of ruminants, including the red deer and other allied species.

sued or hunted. Nay, Warwick, seek thee out some other chase, For I myself must hunt this deer to death. Shak.

A small ruminant of the family Tragulidæ a allied to the musk deer. It inhabits Africa and the East Indies. See Kanchil.

The axis deer of India.

To cause to chase after or pursue game; as, to course greyhounds after deer.

suit or running game with dogs that follow by sight instead of by scent. In coursing of a deer, or hart, with greyhounds. Bacon

A little bud or knob at the top of a deer's antler.

The unbrunched antler of a young deer.

To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket.

To drive out from a place of hiding or defense; as, to dislodge a deer, or an enemy. The Volscians are dislodg'd. Shak.