vair
noun
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
vairs
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pluralof vair.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In the Chanson de Roland and all the French mediæval poems the eyes are invariably vairs.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man by Havelock Ellis
The vairs, mainly by misunderstanding of the various patterns found in old paintings, have been amplified with “countervair,” “potent,” “counter-potent” and “vair-en-point,” no one of which merits description.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
There are also vairs in abundance; and vast multitudes of the Pharaoh's rat, on which the people live all the summer time.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Henry Yule
This Lady Ivorine, the Old Man's daughter, is described among other points as having— "Les iex vairs com faucons, nobles et agentis."
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Henry Yule
