_Supposed Etymology of Havior_ (No. 15. p. 230., and No. 17. p.
269.).--The following etymology of "heaviers" will probably be
considered as not satisfactory, but this extract will show that
the term itself is in use amongst the Scotch deerstalkers in the
neighbourhood of Loch Lomond.
"Ox-deer, or 'heaviers,' as the foresters call them (most
likely a corruption from the French 'hiver'), are wilder than
either hart or hind. They often take post upon a height, that
gives a look-out all round, which makes them very difficult
to stalk. Although not so good when December is past, still
they are in season all the winter; hence their French
designation."--_Colquhoun's Rocks and Rivers_, p. 137.
(London, 8vo. 1849.)