DEEP-READ
Deep"-read`, a.
Defn: Profoundly book-learned. "Great writers and deep-read men."
L'Estrange.
DEEP-SEA
Deep"-sea`, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the deeper parts of the sea; as, a deep-sea line (i. e., a line to take soundings at a great depth); deep-sea lead; deep-sea soundings, explorations, etc.
DEEP-WAISTED
Deep"-waist`ed, a. (Naut.)
Defn: Having a deep waist, as when, in a ship, the poop and forecastle are much elevated above the deck.
DEER Deer, n. sing. & pl. Etym: [OE. der, door, animal, wild animal, AS. deór; akin to D. dier, OFries. diar, G. thier, tier, Icel. d, Dan. dyr, Sw. djur, Goth. dius; of unknown origin.
1. Any animal; especially, a wild animal. [Obs.] Chaucer. Mice and rats, and such small deer. Shak. The camel, that great deer. Lindisfarne MS.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A ruminant of the genus Cervus, of many species, and of related genera of the family Cervidæ. The males, and in some species the females, have solid antlers, often much branched, which are shed annually. Their flesh, for which they are hunted, is called venison.