† surantlern.
Obsolete.
The second branch of a deer's horn, next above the brow-antler; = bez-antler n.The term was copied from Turbervile by many later compilers, but appears to have had no real currency.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > body and parts > antler > branch > second
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1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xxi. 53 Antoiller..the Surantlier neare vnto the Antlier the which ought a little to enlarge it selfe some what more from the beame than the firste [Antlier].
1627 J. Taylor Armado sig. D1v The hornes haue many dogmaticall..Epithites, as a Hart hath the Burres, the Pearles, the Antliers, the Surantlers, the Royalls, the Surroyalls, and the Croches.]
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