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wejack Various < Algonk.; cf. Cree uchāk and Ojibwa uchik; perhaps influenced by Ojibwa wachashk muskrat. Cp. woodchuck 
0 n. a weasel-like fur-bearer, Martes pennanti.
See also: fisher (def. 1) woodshock
- 1743 (1949) a wejack Shar qua she wuck.
- 1755 (1907) In the evening we came to a Creek where were plenty of Wejacks.
- 1829 The Pekan . . . Wejack, or Fisher [of the] Fur Traders.
- 1902 This is wuchak the fisher, or pekan, commonly called "the black cat"--who, in spite of his fishy name, hates water as cats hate it.
- 1956 When Wuchusk comes up through a tunnel from the water and makes for his bed, he will step in the trap.
2 n. Obs. the valuable pelt of this animal.
See also: fisher (def. 2)
- 1749 Two Vejacks [are valued] as one Beaver.
- 1777 (1951) To William Tomison 151/2 Beaver in Trading Goods as necessaries for Trapping forty-five Martins and one Wejeck.
- 1743 (1949) a wejack Shar qua she wuck.