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vair definition

vair (ver)

noun

  1. Archaic a fur, usually from a gray and white squirrel, used for trimming and lining clothes in the Middle Ages
  2. Heraldry the representation of a fur, indicated in engravings by rows of small bells, alternately upright and turned down

Etymology: ME < OFr, vair, orig., variegated < L varius: see various

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