Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A box of birch bark for sugar, rice, etc., used by the Indians of Ontario, Minnesota, Michigan, etc.
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- noun US A
box -likecontainer made frombirch -bark , especially one in whichsugar is stored.
Etymologies
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From an Algonquian language, probably Ojibwe makak ("semi-rigid container, birch bark basket, box").
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