▪ I. izard
(ˈɪzəd, ‖ izar)
Also isard, izzard.
[ad. F. isard (1553 in Hatz.-Darm.), Gascon isart: ‘perh. of Iberian origin’ (Darm.).]
A capriform antelope allied to the chamois, found in the Pyrenees.
| 1791 C. Smith Celestina IV. 195 The solitary hunter of the Izard. 1837 J. E. Murray Summer Pyrenees II. 59 The heights by which the troop of izards had passed over. 1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 155/1 The recesses of the Pyrenees are the haunts of the izard, a variety of the chamois, of smaller size and brighter colour. 1882 Cornh. Mag. Jan. 57 We killed a lot of isards. 1886 R. Buchanan Dream of Life viii. 165 And fleeter than the feet of swift izzards. |
| Comb. 1791 C. Smith Celestina IV. 249 Equipped..as Izard hunters, we reached this castle. 1846 Blackw. Mag. LIX. 369 They saw him..spring from the ground with izard-like agility. |
▪ II. izard
variant of izzard.