Beaver
['biːvə] or ['bivɚ]
Definition
(noun.) large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges.
(noun.) a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material).
(noun.) a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face.
(noun.) a full beard.
(noun.) the soft brown fur of the beaver.
(verb.) work hard on something.
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Definition
(n.) An amphibious rodent, of the genus Castor.
(n.) The fur of the beaver.
(n.) A hat, formerly made of the fur of the beaver, but now usually of silk.
(n.) Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woolen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.
(n.) That piece of armor which protected the lower part of the face, whether forming a part of the helmet or fixed to the breastplate. It was so constructed (with joints or otherwise) that the wearer could raise or lower it to eat and drink.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Fur of the beaver.[2]. Hat.[3]. Face-guard (of a helmet).
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Definition
n. an amphibious rodent quadruped valuable for its fur: the fur of the beaver: a hat made of the beaver's fur: a hat: a glove of beaver fur.—adj. Beav′erish (Carlyle) like a beaver merely instinctive.—n. Beav′ery a place where beavers are kept.
n. in medieval armour the covering for the lower part of the face the visor being that for the upper part—later the movable beaver was confounded with the visor.—adj. Beav′ered.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing beavers, foretells that you will obtain comfortable circumstances by patient striving. If you dream of killing them for their skins, you will be accused of fraud and improper conduct toward the innocent.
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Examples
- I fear the kitten has rolled it away, said the tiny old lady, involuntarily continuing her beaver-like notes. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Mr. Dagley himself made a figure in the landscape, carrying a pitchfork and wearing his milking-hat--a very old beaver flattened in front. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It was a close and stifling little shop; full of all sorts of clothing, made and unmade, including one window full of beaver-hats and bonnets. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- At this point, Sam Weller, who had had his eyes fixed hitherto on Mr. Namby's shining beaver, interfered. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He took out United States patent March 18, 1813, and in 1817 contracted with the United States to supply for a year the Beaver Tail Lighthouse. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- As the man again looked under my large beaver bonnet, I felt the tears gush into my eyes. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- No, no, I thank you, answered Smith, putting on a pair of his thickest beaver gloves as though to defend his thumbs. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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