Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GA-ZELL', n. [Fr. gazelle; Sp. gazela; Port. gazella; from the Arabic. The verb under which this word is placed غَزَلَ gazala, is rendered to remove, withdraw, retire or be separate.]

An animal of Africa and India, of the genus Antelope. It partakes of the nature of the goat and the deer. Like the goat, the gazell has hollow permanent horns, and it feeds on shrubs; but in size and delicacy, and in the nature and color of its hair, it resembles the roe-buck. It has cylindrical horns, most frequently annulated at the base, and bunches of hair on its fore legs. It has a most brilliant, beautiful eye. Goldsmith. Ed. Encyc.