DCHP-3

bear's butter

Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the rendered fat of the bear used in cooking, medicine, cosmetics, and for insulating the body against cold.

Quotations

1873
It is the dessert of a Peace River feast; the fat, white as cream, is eaten in large quantities, and although at first a little of it suffices, yet after a while one learns to like it, and the dried Saskootum [sic] and "bear's butter" becomes a luxury.