A species of weasel, Putorius vison.
1624. Weesels and Minkes we know they haue, because we haue seen many of their skinnes.—Capt. Smith, ‘Virginia,’ ii. 27. (N.E.D.)
1683. The wild-cat, panther, otter, wolf, fox, fisher, minx, musk-rat.—Letter of W. Penn, 16th of 8th mo.—Watson, ‘Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania,’ i. p. 47 (1870).
1792. The mink is an amphibious animal, and burrows in the earth by the side of rivers and ponds. Its fur is more valuable than the musquash.—Jeremy Belknap, ‘New Hampshire,’ iii. 161–2.
