gerver (jerver)

[Origin obscure.] A name of the spotted rusa deer. Also called gower. geryt, a. [ME. (equiv. to mod. E. * gyry ), IMG:content-2253.png:[graphic] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary gery Right so gan gery Venus over caste The hertes of hire folk. Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 678. His second hawke waxed ger ye , And was with flying wery. Skelton , Ware the Hawke.