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ˈroe-deer
Forms: 1 rah-, 2 roadeor; 6 rowdeare, 7 roe deere, 8– roe-deer (9 Sc. rae-).
[f. roe1 + deer. Cf. MDa. and MSw. raadiur (Da. raadyr, Sw. rådjur).]
Deer, or a deer, of the roe kind; a roe.
c1000Sax. Leechd. III. 2 Nim..foxes smero & rahdeores mearh. c1000ælfric Gram. (Z.) 309 Capreolus, rahdeor [a 1200 roadeor].
1575Turberv. Venerie 142 They are sweeter of Sent vnto the houndes than the Harte or the Rowdeare. 1688Holme Armoury ii. 134/2 A Roe Deere..when Lodged..Beddeth. 1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Hunting, We have no Roe Deer in England; but they abound in Scotland, Germany, Africa, &c. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) IV. 306/1 The roe-deer differs from the stag and fallow-deer. 1853James Agnes Sorel (1860) I. 130 The foot-prints of the hare and the roe-deer could be seen. 1876Smiles Sc. Nat. vii, The horse-like bark of the Roe-deer..puzzled him very much. |