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Definition of Pemican
1. Noun. Lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat; used especially by North American Indians.
Definition of Pemican
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of pemmican) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pemican
1. pemmican [n -S] - See also: pemmican
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pemican
Literary usage of Pemican
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Indian Sign Language: With Brief Explanatory Notes of the Gestures by William Philo Clark (1884)
"pemican. Hold extended left hand, back down, fingers pointing to right, in front
of body ; strike several times the left palm with lower edge of closed ..."
2. The Life and Travels of Thomas Simpson: The Arctic Discoverer by Alexander Simpson (1845)
"pemican.— An Octogenarian.—The Secret of Travelling in the Far North. IN the
afternoon of the 1st of December, 1836, the day he had fixed upon for his long ..."
3. Arctic Searching Expedition:: A Journal of a Boat-voyage by John Richardson, John Franklin (1851)
"CHAP. IX. VOYAGE CONTINUED ALONG THE COAST. — FRANKLIN BAT. MELVILLE HILLS.—POINT
STIVENS. SELLWOOD BAV. — CAPE PARRY. — COCKED-HAT POINT. CACHE OF pemican. ..."
4. Hudson's Bay: Or, A Missionary Tour in the Territory of the Hon. Hudson's by John Ryerson (1855)
"As pemican js a kind of food with which people in the civilized world are not
generally acquainted, a short description of it, may not be unacceptable to ..."
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