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Fir vs Fiar - What's the difference?

fir | fiar |

As nouns the difference between fir and fiar

is that fir is any conifer of a variety of genera, especially a Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris or a true fir (Abies) while fiar is one in whom the property of an estate is vested, subject to the estate of a liferenter.

fir

English

(wikipedia fir)

Noun

  • (chiefly, countable, British) Any conifer of a variety of genera, especially a Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris'' or a (true fir) (''Abies ).
  • (chiefly, countable, US) A conifer of the genus Abies .
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  • * 1991 , (Paul Chadwick), Concrete: American Christmas , Dark Horse Books
    • I can almost smell the fir scent… resinous, pungent.
  • (uncountable) Wood of such trees.

    • Synonyms

    * (all countable senses) fir tree

    Derived terms

    * balsam fir - Abies balsamea * * * * Douglas fir, Douglas-fir - * * fir clubmoss - * * fir-cone * firlike * * firless * firmoss - Huperzia spp. * firry * Fraser fir - * * * jointfir - Ephedra * * * noble fir - * Pacific silver fir - * red fir - Abies spp. * Riga fir - Pinus sylvestris * sacred fir - Abies religiosa * Scotch fir - Pinus sylvestris * sea fir - * silver fir - Abies alba * * * white fir -

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    fiar

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One in whom the property of an estate is vested, subject to the estate of a liferenter.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
  • The price of grain, as legally fixed, in the counties of Scotland, on an annual basis.
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