DCHP-1 Online
beaver 
1 † n. an aquatic rodent, Castor canadensis, of North America, formerly of first importance in the fur trade and long used as an emblem of Canada.
2 † n. the flesh of the beaver as food.
3 † n. the pelt of the beaver.
See also: beaver skin (def. 1)
4 n. Fur Trade, Hist. a unit of exchange equilent to the value of one prime beaver pelt, used in buying furs and bartering provisions, more usually referred to be trappers as a skin (def. 1).
See also: made beaver (def. 1) skin (def. 1)
5a n. Fur Trade, Hist. one of the coins or tokens constituting beaver currency.
See also: beaver coin beaver currency beaverskin token beaver token H.B.C. token Hudson's Bay token made-beaver token trade token
5b n. See quote.
6 n. Slang, Obs. See quote; swamper (def. 1).
