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winter beaver Fur Trade, Hist. 
beaver skins taken with their winter growth of hair, or when prime.
See also: dry winter beaver fat winter beaver prime
- 1708 (1948) Oldmixon, in his British Empire in North America, published in 1708, had this to say about the price for guns in the 1680's or thereabouts: "One with the other 10 good skins; that is Winter Beaver."
- 1735 (1899) The beaver . . . was classified into eight varieties. The first was the fat winter beaver, slain in winter, which was valued at five shillings and sixpence a pound.
- 1944 The report [1686] . . . approves of the establishment of the standard of trade at half a pound [of Brazil tobacco] for a winter beaver.
- 1708 (1948) Oldmixon, in his British Empire in North America, published in 1708, had this to say about the price for guns in the 1680's or thereabouts: "One with the other 10 good skins; that is Winter Beaver."