BEAR (animal)
NOUNS
1350 ► BEAR-FELL a bearskin → obs.
1375 ► BEAR’S FELL a bearskin → obs.
1399 ► BERLING a little bear; a bear’s cub → obs.
1400 ► LESSES the dung of a bear, wild boar, or wolf → obs., hunting usage
1596 ► BEAR-GARDEN a place originally set apart for the baiting of bears, and used for the exhibition of other rough sports
1811 ► CUFF a black bear
1824 ► CUFFEE a black bear
1833 ► CALEB a grizzly bear → US fur trappers’ usage
1839 ► BEAR SIGN bear droppings or tracks → Amer. dial.
1840 ► BEARESS a she-bear
1844 ► HURE the head of a boar, wolf, or bear → obs.
1854 ► EPH → EPHRAIM a grizzly bear, often used as a nickname → Amer. dial.
1860 ► OLD EPHRAIM a grizzly bear → US sl.
1861 ► MUSKWA the American black bear, Ursus americanus
1880 ► SILVER-TIPPED BEAR a grizzly bear → Amer. dial.
1886 ► SILVERTIP a grizzly bear → Amer. dial.
L19.. ► OLD EBENEZER a grizzly bear → US sl.
1924 ► SENECA BEAR the black bear → Amer. dial.
1927 ► CASSENYIE BEAR the black bear → Amer. dial.
1927 ► SEENY BEAR the black bear
1939 ► SILVERTIP GRIZZLY a grizzly bear → Amer. dial.
1953 ► BEEF a piece of bear meat → Amer. dial.
1982 ► BLACKIE the black bear → Amer. dial.
NOUNS, PERSON
1399 ► BEARWARD the keeper of a bear, who leads it about for public exhibition of its tricks, etc.
1589 ► BEARHERD the keeper of a bear, who leads him about for exhibition → obs.
1861 ► URSICIDE a person who kills a bear
1884 ► BEAR-WARDEN a bear-ward
VERBS
1693 ► BRUZZ to growl as a bear (obs.)
1853 ► LAP to pull at or tear down branches of a tree or vine to obtain the fruit, nuts, etc., said of a bear → Amer. dial.
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