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vair
Part of speech: NounThe skin of the squirrel, much used in the 14th century as fur for garments; in her., a series of small shields placed close together, alternately blue and white, intended to represent the appearance of the skins when sewed edge to edge.
Usage examples "vair":- She had a broad belt of gold and sapphire stones, and slippers of vair. - "The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay", Maurice Hewlett.
- Ich have been twice our Whitson- lord, Ich have had ladies many vair, And eke thou hast my heart in hold And in my mind zeems passing rare. - "Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age", Various.
- Mr G. Rennie kills another wild- boar at Glen Vair. - "Six Months at the Cape", R.M. Ballantyne.