Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hart"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Hart
(Heb. 'ayal), a stag or male deer. It is ranked among the clean
animals (Deut. 12:15; 14:5; 15:22), and was commonly killed for
food (1 Kings 4:23). The hart is frequently alluded to in the
poetical and prophetical books (Isa. 35:6; Cant. 2:8, 9; Lam.
1:6; Ps. 42:1).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hart \Hart\ (h[aum]rt), n. [OE. hart, hert, heort, AS. heort,
heorot; akin to D. hert, OHG. hiruz, hirz, G. hirsch, Icel.
hj["o]rtr, Dan. & Sw. hjort, L. cervus, and prob. to Gr.
kerao`s horned, ke`ras horn. [root]230. See {Horn}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A stag; the male of the red deer. See the Note under {Buck}.
Goodliest of all the forest, hart and hind. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Hart
n 1: United States playwright who collaborated with George S.
Kaufman (1904-1961) [syn: {Hart}, {Moss Hart}]
2: United States lyricist who collaborated with Richard Rodgers
(1895-1943) [syn: {Hart}, {Lorenz Hart}, {Lorenz Milton
Hart}]
3: male red deer [syn: {stag}]
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