wolverinen.
/wʊlvəˈriːn/ 1. The glutton ( Gulo luscus), now esp. the North American variety: see glutton n. 4.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Gulo (wolverine)
wolverine1574
gulo1607
glutton1674
quickhatch1683
carcajou1703
kinkajou1760
beaver-eater1771
Indian devil1838
skunk bear1876
1574 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 236 Furres of woolveringes for pedlers capps.
1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth iii. f. 10v Their beasts..are the Losh,..the Beare, the Woluering, or wood dogge.
1619 T. Middleton Triumphs Loue & Antiq. sig. D Beasts, bearing Furr..Racoone, Moashye, Woluerine.
1747 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds II. 103 The Quick-Hatch, or Wolverene.
1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 192 Wolvering is a large animal, almost equal in size to the wolf.
1820 D. Haskel Harmon's Jrnl. Voy. & Trav. N. Amer. 426 The carcajou or wolverine, in shape and the colour of the hair, greatly resembles the skunk.
1855 H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha xvi. 212 How the Wolverine, uprising, Made him ready for the encounter.
1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 5 Where the wolverine tumbles their packs from the camp and the grave-mound they made them.
2. The fur of the wolverine.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > other pelts or furs
fawa1200
ruskin1278
grisa1300
grover1310
letticea1399
cristy gray1404
pured?1435
watermail1489
cesil1492
callyvanc1524
wolverine1596
moleskin1652
flix1667
skunk1791
lion-skin1805
nutria1811
chinchilla1824
Alaska sable1869
fisher1879
monkeyc1896
marmot1911
tarbagan1928
1596 in Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1861) (Chetham Soc.) 2 A cassocke of grogran edged wth ulveringe.
1612 Bk. Customs & Valuation in A. Halyburton Ledger (1867) 307 Furres called..Volueringis the peice, vi li.
1833 Act 3 & 4 William IV c. 56 Wolverings, undressed.
1890 Daily News 28 Jan. 7/1 It is already prophesied that wolverine is to be the favourite fur next winter.
1895 R. Kipling Second Jungle Bk. 158 The long wolverine-fur fringe of her ermine hood.
3. A nickname for an inhabitant of Michigan. So Wolverine State, Michigan.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > specific state > states
Marylander1640
Rhode Islander1665
Jerseyman1679
Pennsylvanian1685
Carolinian1705
Georgian1732
Marylandian1750
Jersey blue1758
Californian1762
Louisianian1775
Mississippian1775
Acadian1776
Vermonteer1778
Kentuckian1779
Vermontese1783
Indianian1784
Cohee1786
Kentuck1789
Virginian1797
Michiganian1813
Michigan1814
Tennessean1815
Ohioan1818
Illinoian1819
Ohian1819
Missourian1820
buckeye1823
Vermonter1825
Hoosier1826
red horse1833
sucker1833
wolverine1833
puke1834
corn-cracker1835
Texian1835
Alaskan1836
Texan1837
Michigander1838
Oregonian1838
Rackensack1839
Arkansian1844
badger1844
Bay Stater1845
Lone Star Stater1845
Oregonese1845
tar-boiler1845
weasel1845
web foot1845
Alabaman1846
Iowanc1848
Arkansan1851
Minnesotian1851
Washingtonian1852
Minnesotan1854
Nebraskan1854
Kansian1855
Utahan1855
Floridan1856
fly-up-the-creek1857
Dakotian1861
Coloradan1862
Coloradian1862
Texican1863
Coloradoan1864
tarheel1864
Cajun1868
Kansan1868
Montanian1869
Floridian1870
mudcat1872
New Jerseyan1872
Arkansawyer1874
longhorn1876
Mainer1879
New Jerseyite1885
prune picker1892
Hawaiian1893
Oklahoman1894
Tex1909
blue hen's chicken1921
Tejano1925
Geechee1926
Arkie1927
sooner1930
wyomingite1930
New Mexican1940
Okie1948
1833 C. F. Hoffman Let. 26 Dec. in Winter in West (1835) I. 210 The genuine wolverine, or naturalized Michiganian.
1847 Congressional Globe 5 Feb. 332/2 A great Government bank—..a full-grown..Wolverine wild-cat.
1875 Chambers's Jrnl. 13 Mar. 171/2 Michigan is Lake State or Wolverine State.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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