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stage ((adj.))

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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of furs, inferior by virtue of dark blue patches on the skin.

See: stagey

Quotations

1680

. . . the Men employed in Sorting the Beaver have found 302 Stage Skinns. . . .

1784

The Honourable Company have complyed with my proposal for altering the standard of Otters, and have accordingly ordered their prime Otters in future to be rated a 2 Beaver eac and the dammaged and Staged at one Beaver each.

1842

Mr. N. E. Beynes, Assistant Manager of the Fur Department of the Hudson's Bay Company, states that "A 'staged' or 'stagey' skin is one with dark blue patches on the pely (i.e. leather). The condition occurs when the animal is taken out of season, when, in the case of most animals, the fur and pelt are not at their best."

1859

St. Paul sent me a Staged Skin for Tea.

1933

. . . by the beginning of April the mink and marten skins are almost stage. They will bring less than half what they would have if caught in January.