Wair vs Vair - What's the difference?
wair | vair |
(Scotland, obsolete) To spend.
* 1826 , Mungo Ponton Brown, Supplement to the Dictionary of the Decisions of the Court of Session , Volume 3, Edinburgh,
* 1831 [1566], ,
* 1841 , William Alexander, An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland , 1424—1707,
(were)
* 1897 , , 2007,
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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:
(tincture) An heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of blue and white bell shapes.
As nouns the difference between wair and vair
is that wair is a plank 6 feet long and 1 foot across while 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 verb wair
is (scotland|obsolete) to spend or wair can be (were).wair
English
Etymology 1
Etymology 2
Verb
(en verb)page 569,
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page 94,
- We shall maintain them, nourish them, and defend them, the whole congregation of Christ, and every member thereof, at our whole powers and wairing [spending] of our lives, against Satan, and all wicked power that does intend tyranny or trouble against the foresaid congregation.
page 243,
- Reserving alwayes to the Sheriff or other Magistrates, and taker of the Thief, the expences waired out by them in taking and putting the Thief to execution.
Etymology 3
Verb
(head)page 18,
- We didn't al'ays stay here, but wair' on the wing here and thar where game was most plentiful, and often in company with the Mingoes, who ' wair our sworn fri'nds an' allies.
References
vair
English
(wikipedia vair)Noun
(-)- Bran wore grey breeches and white doublet, his sleeves and collar trimmed with vair .
