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Webster 1913 Edition


Vair

Vair

(vâr)
,
Noun.
[F.
vair
, from OF.
vair
, a., L.
varius
various, variegated. See
Various
, and cf.
Meniver
.]
The skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth century as fur for garments, and frequently mentioned by writers of that period in describing the costly dresses of kings, nobles, and prelates. It is represented in heraldry by a series of small shields placed close together, and alternately white and blue.
Fairholt.
No
vair
or ermine decked his garment.
Sir W. Scott.
Counter vair
(Her.)
,
a fur resembling vair, except in the arrangement of the patches or figures.

Webster 1828 Edition


Vair

VAIR

,
Noun.
In heraldry, a kind of fur or doubling, consisting of divers little picees, argent and azure, resembling a bell-glass.

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Definition 2024


vair

vair

English

Vair

Noun

vair (plural vairs)

  1. (archaic) A type of fur from a squirrel with a black back and white belly, much used on garments in the Middle Ages.
    • 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 323:
      Bran wore grey breeches and white doublet, his sleeves and collar trimmed with vair.
  2. (heraldry) An heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of blue and white bell shapes.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Old French vair, veir, from the accusative singular masculine form of Latin varius (variegated).

Noun

vair n (uncountable)

  1. (heraldry) vair (fur used in heraldry)

French

Etymology

From Old French vair, veir, from the accusative singular masculine form of Latin varius.

Pronunciation

Noun

vair m (plural vairs)

  1. (heraldry) vair

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Old French

Etymology

From the accusative singular masculine form of Latin varius.

Adjective

vair m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vaire)

  1. changeable; that may change
  2. multi-colored; polychromatic
  3. shining; brilliant

Declension

Noun

vair m (oblique plural vairs, nominative singular vairs, nominative plural vair)

  1. vair (fur of a squirrel)

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Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin videō, vidēre.

Verb

vair

  1. (Puter) to look
  2. (Puter) to see