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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.

VAIR

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