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bez-antler|beɪ-, beɪzˈæntlə(r)|
Forms: 7 bezantelier, beas antlier, beantler, 7–9 bez-antler, bezantler, 8–9 bes-antler, 9 bees-antler, bis-antler.
[f. bez-, bes- secondary + antler. A word of unfixed form, also called bay antler, and varied as bay-, bez-, beze-tyne.]
The second branch or ‘start’ of a deer's horn, next above the brow-antler (or antler proper).
1598J. Manwood Lawes Forest iv. §6 (1615) 46 The Brow⁓antlier, or Beasantlier. 1610J. Guillim Heraldry iii. xiv. (1660) 168 Skilfull Woodmen describing the head of a Hart do call the Next above there unto [i.e. the Browanteliers]..Bezanteliers. [1611Cotgr., Surandoillier, the beankler or second branch of a Deeres head. Ibid., Surentouiller..the Beancler of a Bucke.] 1664Power Exp. Philos. i. 11 With little branches and twigs (like Bezanteliers) springing out of them. 1678Phillips (App.) Bezantler, the..next branch of the Harts-horn to Browantler, which is the lowest. 1855Owen Vertebr. An. (1868) III. 618 Its branches are the ‘tynes’..the first or lowest branch is the ‘brow-tyne,’ the second is the ‘beze’ or ‘bez tyne.’ 1874T. Bell Brit. Quadrup. 349 The branches or antlers..as the brow-antler, bez⁓antler, and royal. 1884Jefferies Red Deer iv. 71 Above the ‘burr’ came the brow-antlier, now the brow-point; next the bez-antlier, now the bay. |