Fawn /(fa̤n)/

1. A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck. (Zool.)
2. The young of an animal; a whelp. [Obs.]

   [The tigress] . . . followeth . . . after her fawns.

3. A fawn color.

1. Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.

1. To bring forth a fawn.

imp. & p. p. Fawned; p. pr. & vb. n. Fawning

1. To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon.

   You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds.

   Thou with trembling fear, Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest.

   Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him.

1. A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy.