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Webster 1913 Edition


Meniver

Men′i-ver

,
Noun.
[OF.
menuver
,
menuveir
,
menuvair
, a grayish fur;
menu
small +
vair
a kind of fur. See
Minute
,
Adj.
, and
Vair
.]
Same as
Miniver
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Meniver

MEN'IVER

,
Noun.
A small white animal in Russia, or its fur which is very fine.

Definition 2024


meniver

meniver

English

Noun

meniver (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of miniver
    • 1858. Thomas Malory, La Mort D'Arthure: The History of King Arthur and of the Knights of the Round Table, page 28,
      Then came forth a likely knight, and well apparelled in scarlet, furred with meniver.
    • 1894. Leonard C. Smithers, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, H.S. Nichols & co., page 372,
      One day, as I sat in my shop, with two fur pelisses on me, one of sable and the other of meniver, for it was the season of winter and the time of the excessive cold...