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fawn

fawn is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 6 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.The young of an animal; a whelp. [Obs.] [The tigress] . . . followeth . . . after her fawns. Holland.
  2. 2.A fawn color.
  3. 3.Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.
  4. 4.To bring forth a fawn.
  5. 5.To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon. You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds. Shak. Thou with trembling fear, Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest. Milton. Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him. Macaulay.
  6. 6.A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. Shak.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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