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rn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine animal, as of a stag. Huge stags with sixteen antlers. Macaulay.

Furnished with antlers. The antlered stag. Cowper.

The second tine of a stag's horn. See under Antler.

Same as Bez-antler.

The second branch of a stag's horn.

The servant or officer, in a great family, who has charge of the bread and the pantry. [Obs.] Shak.

A second branch of a buck's antler. Howell.

The antlers, or antlers and scalp, of a stag or buck.

Provided with antlers, as a stag.

The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which bears the antlers, or branches.

Having horns, or antlers. Beamy stags in toils engage. Dryden.

A rudimental antler of a young male of the red deer.

any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler; the branch of a chandelier; a branch of a river; a branch of a railway. Most of the branches , or streams, were dried up. W. Irving.

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…

The knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8.

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

A croche, or knob, on the top of a stag's antler. The antlers and the crockets. W. Black.

n of aberration (Astron.), a spurious circle around the true circle of the sun. -- Crown antler (Zoöl.), the topmost branch or tine of an antler; also, an antler having a cuplike top, with tines springing from the rim. -- Crown bar, one of the bars which support the crown sheet of steam-boiler furnace. -- Crown glas…

The unbrunched antler of a young deer.

as leaves (except of evergreens) in autumn, or as parts of animals, such as hair, teeth, antlers, etc.; also, shedding leaves or parts at certain seasons, stages, or intervals; as, deciduous trees; the deciduous membrane.