Stag

stag, n. the male deer, esp. one of the red deer:— fem. Hind : a speculator who applies for shares or stock in new concerns quoted at a premium, hoping to obtain an allotment and secure a profit without holding the stock, one who sells new securities quoted at a premium before allotment.— v.t. to follow, to dog, to shadow.— v.i. to act as a stag on the stock-exchange.— ns. Stag′-bee′tle , a genus of Lamellicorn beetles, nearly allied to the Scarabees, the males with large projecting mandibles; Stag′-dance , -part′y , a dance or party of men only; Stag′hound , a name applied both to the buck-hound and the Scottish deer-hound. [Ice. steggr , a male animal, stiga , to mount.]