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dry summer beaver Fur Trade, Hist. 
unprime, or inferior, skins of parchment beaver.
See also: parchment beaver summer beaver
- c1735 (1899) The dry summer beaver, not much valued [bring] about one shilling and ninepence [a pound].
- 1962 (1964) . . . arrangements were made January 4, 1733, to receive dry summer beaver for the following year at 20 sols, and fat summer beaver at 35 sols la livre.
- c1735 (1899) The dry summer beaver, not much valued [bring] about one shilling and ninepence [a pound].