beaver

noun12

1. •
   A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet, native to the Northern Hemisphere.
2. •
   The fur of the beaver.
3. •
   (US, Canada) Beaver pelts as an article of exchange or as a standard of value.
4. •
   (slang, vulgar) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself; (attributively) denoting films or literature featuring nude women.

   • Finally it came on. It was a beauty, a beaver flick made in the late 1970s. It was called Big Black Leather Splits. — 1969
5. •
   A brown colour, like that of a beaver.
6. •
   A hat, of various shapes, made from a felted beaver fur (or later of silk), fashionable in Europe between 1550 and 1850.

   • a broad beaver slouched over his eyes — 1855
7. •
   Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woollen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.
8. •
   (slang, offensive) A woman, especially one who is sexually attractive.

   • “10-4, Beaver [CB talk for a female], we’re all going down to Plains tomorrow after Jimmy Carter wins.” — 1977
9. •
   (slang) A beard or a bearded person.
10. •
    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.
11. •
    (slang, historical) A game, in which points are scored by spotting beards.
12. •
    (UK, no longer used) Butter.

    • Butter – Beaver. — 1754

verb5

1. •
   To work hard.
2. •
   After being doubled, to immediately double the stakes again, a move that keeps the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.
3. •
   (slang) To cut a continuous ring around a tree that one is felling.
4. •
   To form a felt-like texture, similar to the way beaver fur is used for felt-making.

   • Without these attentions the woad will not beaver well, a term descriptive of the fineness of the capillary filaments into which it draws out when broken between the finger and thumb. — 1799
5. •
   (slang) To spot a beard in a game of beaver.

   • Beavering of foreign visitors does not count. This is a rule, but it is never carried out. — 1922

noun2

1. •
   A member of the youngest wing of the Scout movement, composed of groups for children, traditionally boys, of approximately five to seven years of age.
2. •
   A native or resident of the American state of Oregon.