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A female deer or antelope; specifically, the female of the fallow deer, of which the male is called a buck. Also applied to the female of other animals, as the rabbit. See the Note under Buck.

The act of drawing after, or pursuing, deer with a dog. Cowell.

Jowett (Thucyd. ). Shield pressed on shield, and man drove man along. Pope. Go drive the deer and drag the finny prey. Pope.

A species of deer (Elaphurus Davidianus) found in china. It about four feet high at the shoulder and has peculiar antlers.

A large deer, of several species. The European elk (Alces machlis or Cervus alces) is closely allied to the American moose. The American elk, or wapiti (Cervus Canadensis), is closely related to the European stag. See Moose, and Wapiti. Irish elk (Paleon.), a large, extinct, Quaternary deer (Cervus giganteus) with wide…

of the claws or the balls of the fore feet; as, to expeditate a dog that he may not chase deer.

Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound. Shak.

A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck.

the month in which female deer are fawning, when hunting is prohibited. Bullokar. -- Fence roof, a covering for defense. "They fitted their shields close to one another in manner of a fence roof." Holland. Fence time, the breeding time of fish or game, when they should not be killed. -- Rail fence, a fence made of ra…

The track of game (as deer) in the grass.

To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; as, a deer is said to fray her head.

The skin which a deer frays from his horns. B. Jonson.

The dung of deer. B. Jonson.

A small South American deer (Furcifer Chilensis), with simple forked horns. [Written also guemul.]

An African ruminant (Camelopardalis giraffa) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family by itself; the camelopard. It is the tallest of animals, being sometimes twenty feet from the hoofs to the top of the head. Its neck is very long, and its fore legs are much longer than its hind legs.…

Offal of a deer. -- v. t.

A male fallow deer gelded. Pegge (1814).

Free from power or disposition to harm; innocent; inoffensive. " The harmless deer." Drayton

A stag; the male of the red deer. See the Note under Buck. Goodliest of all the forest, hart and hind. Milton.

The horn or antler of the hart, or male red deer.