peltry
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The sheriff for serving a writ or a warrant shall receive three livers in peltry; for levying an execution, 5 per cent, including the fees of the clerk of the court.
From The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830 by Arthur Clinton Boggess
Hitherto they had hunted the wild animals merely for subsistence, but now the demand of the traders for furs and peltry stimulated enormously the pursuit of game.
From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by W. O. (William Odber) Raymond
Their clothes consist of gaily-painted deer-hide, ornamented with beads, and the gayest calicoes, which they obtain from the Government trading posts by bartering peltry for them.
From The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier by Various
When the sweet acorns, dropping in the frosty night, tempt the coon to a later feast, there is as good sport and primer peltry.
From In New England Fields and Woods by Rowland E. (Evans) Robinson
I cannot admit any of these derivations, though perhaps my own etymon may not be deemed less irrelevant, viz. pellis, the skin of a beast, whence our English terms pell, pelt, peltry, &c.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower
I might take a few packages of peltries, but the great bulk must be left behind; yet it seems to me folly to go to Fort Wayne.
From Wau-nan-gee or the Massacre at Chicago A Romance of the American Revolution by Major John Richardson
I expect he will come along with a hoss-back load of peltries, so that I won't have to grub-stake him again this winter.
From Elam Storm, The Wolfer Or, The Lost Nugget by Harry Castlemon
A cache is a sort of underground storeroom or place of concealment—generally jar-shaped—wherein peltries and other goods are deposited, pending their convenient removal.
From Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West by Bertram Mitford
Mr. Barclay, however, went on with the peltries to Victoria, which was not far away, and there managed to dispose of them, after which he hired a horse and rode back to the inlet.
From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Harold Bindloss
We just run up to our moorings when we come back from a yachting trip, and there's a nice little nook forward which would just hold a bundle of those peltries.
From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Harold Bindloss
