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pelt

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pelt
the skin of a fur-bearing animal, such as a mink, esp when it has been removed from the carcass


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extending it upon the forecastle deck, he now proceeds cylindrically to remove its dark pelt, as an African hunter the pelt of a boa.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
Once I was strongly bent upon resistance, for, while I had liberty the whole strength of that empire could hardly subdue me, and I might easily with stones pelt the metropolis to pieces; but I soon rejected that project with horror, by remembering the oath I had made to the emperor, the favours I received from him, and the high title of NARDAC he conferred upon me.
Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context
Deftly he removed the great pelt, for he had practiced often on smaller animals.
Tarzan of the Apes by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
 
 
 
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