Sense file
How the sense moved
The archive follows the dated record first, then reads the social or rhetorical pressure that hardened, softened, narrowed, or reversed the word.
Older meaning
Animal in general.
Modern meaning
A specific hoofed animal.
Research lens
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Meaning trail
Root
animal
A general beast term.
Older sense
wild creature
Broader than the modern zoological target.
Now
deer
Common use narrowed the field.