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Vair vs Mair - What's the difference?

vair | mair |

As a noun vair

is (archaic) a type of fur from a squirrel with a black back and white belly, much used on garments in the middle ages.

As a proper noun mair is

, cognate to english mary.

vair

English

(wikipedia vair)

Noun

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  • (archaic) A type of fur from a squirrel with a black back and white belly, much used on garments in the Middle Ages.
  • * 1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 323:
    • Bran wore grey breeches and white doublet, his sleeves and collar trimmed with vair .
  • (tincture) An heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of blue and white bell shapes.

    • Related terms

    * countervair * vairy

    See also

    * ermine * fur * potent ----

    mair

    English

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