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Wair vs Vair - What's the difference?

wair | vair |

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

Noun

(en noun)
  • A plank 6 feet long and 1 foot across.
  • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Scotland, obsolete) To spend.
  • * 1826 , Mungo Ponton Brown, Supplement to the Dictionary of the Decisions of the Court of Session , Volume 3, Edinburgh, page 569,
  • .
  • * 1831 [1566], , 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.
  • * 1841 , William Alexander, An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland , 1424—1707, 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)
  • (were)
  • * 1897 , , 2007, 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

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    vair

    English

    (wikipedia vair)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (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.
  • See also

    * ermine * fur * potent ----