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case 
v. skin (an animal) without slitting the hide; prepare (a pelt) by case-skinning.
See also: cased case-skinning case-skin ((v.))
- 1712 (1965) I shall encourage the Indians to case the fox, cats and otters as they do the martens. . . .
- 1885 Ermine, Fisher, Foxes, Lynx, Martin, Mink, Oppossum, Otter, and Skunk, must be "cased" that is, not cut open.
- 1950 "Cased wolf" became the trade name for the animal [coyote], from the fact that the pelt was cased--peeled off without slitting the body--and dried over a frame. . . .
- 1712 (1965) I shall encourage the Indians to case the fox, cats and otters as they do the martens. . . .