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red deer
a. A species of deer, Cervus elaphus, so named from its reddish-brown colour, widely distributed in Europe, Western Asia, and Northern Africa, and still existing in a wild state in the Highlands of Scotland and some other parts of Great Britain.
b. The Virginia deer, Cariacus virginianus, the common deer of N. America.
c. The Caspian or Persian deer, Cervus maral.
1470–85Malory Arthur x. lxi, He chaced at the reed deer. 1485Rolls of Parlt. VI. 373/1 A Reed Dere called an Hert. 1546Plumpton Corr. (Camden) 251 Or any red deare be fatt, it will be July, as far as my experience serves. 1620Venner Via Recta iii. 55 Some doe suppose Venison of Fallow-Deere to be of a middle nature betweene the flesh of Red-Deere and of Weathers. 1655Moufet & Bennet Health's Improv. (1746) 156 They are good roasted, sodden, or baked as Red Deer. 1710Chamberlayne St. Gt. Brit. 335 Woods which were once well stock'd with Red and Fallow Deer. 1789G. White Selborne vi, The red-deer, which toward the beginning of this century amounted to about five hundred head. 1819Warden United States III. 172 Of deer there are three kinds—1. The common red deer [etc.]. 1837Howitt Rur. Life i. iii. (1862) 27 The herds of red⁓deer trooping away from the sounds of wheels in the silent park. 1884–5Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) V. 292 The Stag, or Red deer, attains a length of seven feet. Ibid. 293 For fleetness and agility the red deer is unexcelled.
attrib.1625B. Jonson Staple of N. v. ii, Where is your venison now? Your red-deer pies? 1693Lond. Gaz. No. 2903/4 A Red-Deer-Horn-Hafted Knife. 1815Scott Guy M. xxxix, A bit of red-deer venison. 1895Cornish Wild England 120 Every year the largest red-deer stags are caught and removed to Windsor Park. |