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bear's grease†
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.
See: bear's butter
Quotations
<i>c</i>1665
The order of making was . . . the corne being dried between two stones into powder, being very thick, putt it into a kettle full of watter, then a quantity of Bear's grease.
1829
That the Gentlemen in Charge of districts be directed to use every exertion to collect Bears Grease as it is likely to become a valuable article of trade.
1948
I cannot say if there are really any healing virtues in bear grease, but I do know that it makes the dogs lick their wounds, and that this in a roundabout way heals them by keeping the wounds clean.
1964
In 1830 orders were given that bears' grease should be collected at 2/ per pound.