Advauncer.

The second branches of a stag’s horn.

“In a hart the main horne itself they call the became. The lowest antlier is called the browantlier; the next, rojal; the next that, surroial; and then the top.

“In a buck, they say bur, beame, braunch, advauncers, palme, and speilers.”—Marwood: Forest Lawes.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.