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vair

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vair /ver, vɛr /
noun
1 fur, typically bluish-gray, obtained from a variety of squirrel, used in the 13th and 14th centuries as a trimming or lining for garments.
2 Heraldry fur represented by interlocking rows of shield-shaped or bell-shaped figures which are typically alternately blue and white, as a tincture.
– ORIGIN Middle English : via Old French from Latin varius (see various).