beverskul
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beverskul f (plural beverskullen, diminutive beverskulletje n)
- (obsolete, chiefly in the plural) beaver sacs, castoreum
- 1562, Christoffel Plantijn, “caſtorium”, in Dictionarium tetraglotton:
- Een medecyne van bevers kullen ghemaeckt.
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- 1628, Caii Plinii Secundi. Des wijtberoemden/hoochgheleerden/ouden Philosophi ende Natuer-kondighers/Boecken ende Schriften, tr. from High German, publ. by Pieter Ianſz. Van Campen, page 239.
- De Bevers-kullen met den beſten Honich over de oogen geſtreken maeckt een ſcherp ende klaer geſicht.
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- 1652, Olaus de Groot (Olaus Magnus), Toonneel der Noordsche Landen, tr. from Latin, Nicolaes van Ravesteyn (publ.), page 3.
- De Schippers, ſulck een gevaer afweeren willende, hebben by ſich Caſtoreum, of Beverskullen, dat ſy nat maecken, en in zee werpen.
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