STAG, noun [This word belongs to the root of stick, stage, stock. The primary sense is to thrust, hence to fix, to stay, etc.] 1. The male red deer; the male of the hind. 2. A colt or filly; also, a romping girl. [Local.] 3. In New England, the male of the common ox castrated.
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