DEER. A fallow wild beast of a mid- xii. 15,
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xiv. dle size, between the Stag and the Roe- 5, &c. buck, bearing its horns turned inward; the main horn and branches whereof are large and flat, and not round. It is naturally very timorous and fearful. A Deer was thought to be a clean beast, the flesh whereof was good to eat; young Deer were particularly Cant. ii.
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esteemed for the delicacy and good juice of Prov. vi. their flesh. They are spoken of in the Can- 5. ticles, Proverbs, and in Isaiah, as beautiful, Isa. xiii.
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lovely creatures, and very swift runners. The Hebrew Tzeb or Tzebi, is taken for Caprea the Roe-buck or Deer. vel Dama.