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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 600 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BEAVER (from Fr. baviere, a See also:child's bib, from bane, saliva)  , the See also:lower See also:part of the See also:helmet, fixed to the See also:neck-See also:armour to protect the See also:face and cheeks; properly it moved upwards, as the See also:visor moved down, but the word is sometimes used to include the visor . The right See also:form of the word, " haver," has been altered from a confusion with "See also:beaver," a See also:hat made of beaver-See also:fur or a See also:silk See also:imitation, also, in See also:slang, called a "See also:castor," from the zoological name of the beaver See also:family .

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