fur n Cp DC ~ post (1820, 1957) for comb in sense 2.
   1 1774 Trans Roy Soc lxiv, p. 380 [The Mountaineers'] chief employment is to catch fur. 1984 POWELL 20 We did well with the furs, the most of which were very good mink... We had otters, foxes, beavers, and only two lynx.
   2 Comb fur (and fish) post: a settlement or 'station' from which both the fur trade and sea fisheries are conducted; ~ mark: stamped impression on the pelt of a fur animal designating the area in which it was trapped.
   [1925] 1986 Them Days xi (4), 5 Rigolet, at that time, was a 'Fur and Fish' Post. ibid The fur mark 'E.B.' was known throughout the Fur Trade as being the finest. E.B. represents Eskimo Bay.

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