Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RAIN-DEER, n. [Sax. hrana; Basque, orena or orina.]

The rane, or Cervus Tarandus, a ruminant mammal, inhabiting the arctic circle of both continents. In Europe it is never found south of the Baltic, nor in America south of the St. Lawrence; thus written Spect. No. 406. [See Rane.]