beaver

Meanings

Plural: beaver, beavers

Noun

• the soft brown fur of the beaver
• a native or resident of Oregon
• a full beard
• a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
• a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face
• a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)
• large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges
• A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet.
• The fur of the beaver.
• A hat, of various shapes, made from a felted beaver fur (or later of silk), fashionable in Europe between 1550 and 1850.
• Beaver pelts as an article of exchange or as a standard of value.
• Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woollen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.
• A brown colour, like that of a beaver.
• A move in response to being doubled, in which one immediately doubles the stakes again, keeping the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.
• Alternative letter-case form of Beaver (“member of the youngest wing of the Scout movement”).
• A beard or a bearded person.
• A game, in which points are scored by spotting beards.
• The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself; (attributively) denoting films or literature featuring nude women.
• A woman, especially one who is sexually attractive.
• Alternative spelling of bevor (“part of a helmet”).
• Butter.

Verb

• work hard on something
• To form a felt-like texture, similar to the way beaver fur is used for felt-making.
• To work hard.
• To cut a continuous ring around a tree that one is felling.
• After being doubled, to immediately double the stakes again, a move that keeps the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.
• To spot a beard in a game of beaver.

Synonyms

beard, beardo, beardy, beav, beaver away, beaver brown, beaver fur, castor, castorette, castoreum, dress hat, high hat, nest, opera hat, Oregonian, silk hat, stovepipe, top hat, topper