See Also: vair(medicine)
vair(dictionary)

vair (iou)



vair noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French, from Latin varius: see VARIOUS.]
Fur obtained from a variety of red squirrel with grey back and white belly, much used in the 13th and 14th cents. as a trimming or lining for garments. Now arch. or Hist. ME.
A weasel, a stoat. Now dial. LME.
Heraldry. One of the two chief furs, consisting of small angular bell- and cup-shaped figures, usu. of the two tinctures azure and argent, placed alternately so as to fill the space concerned. Cf. ERMINE noun 3, VAIRY 1. M16.