VAIR

Meaning of VAIR in English

n.1 archaic or hist. a squirrel-fur widely used for medieval linings and trimmings.

2 Heraldry fur represented by small shield-shaped or bell-shaped figures usu. alternately azure and argent.

Etymology: ME f. OF f. L (as VARIOUS)

Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012

VAIR — noun Etymology: Middle English veir, from Anglo-French ~, from ~, adjective, mottled, variegated, from Latin varius variegated, various Date: 13th …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
VAIR — I. ˈva(a)](ə)r, ˈve], ]ə\ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English veir, from Old French vair, from vair, adjective, variegated, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VAIR — (n.) The skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth century as fur for garments, and frequently mentioned by …
Английский словарь Webster
VAIR — ( n. ) The skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth century as fur for garments, and frequently …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VAIR — /vair/ , n. 1. a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VAIR — noun Etymology: Middle English veir, from Anglo-French vair, from vair, adjective, mottled, variegated, from Latin varius variegated, various Date: 13th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VAIR — noun the skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth century as fur for garments, and frequently mentioned by …
Webster English vocab
VAIR — [ vɛ: ] ■ noun 1》 fur obtained from a variety of red squirrel, used in the 13th and 14th …
Concise Oxford English vocab
VAIR — [vair] n [ME veir, fr. OF vair, fr. vair, adj., variegated, fr. L varius variegated, various] (14c): the bluish gray …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
VAIR — n. 1 archaic or hist. a squirrel-fur widely used for medieval linings and trimmings. 2 Heraldry fur represented by small …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
VAIR — n. 1 archaic or hist. a squirrel-fur widely used for medieval linings and trimmings. 2 Heraldry fur represented by small …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
VAIR — (устаревшее) (геральдика) беличий мех (диалектизм) ласка (животное) (диалектизм) горностай
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
VAIR — Мех
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
VAIR — n 1. арх. геральд. беличий мех 2. диал. 1> ласка ( животное ) 2> горностай
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
VAIR — (n) беличий мех; горностай; ласка
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
VAIR — n 1. арх. геральд. беличий мех 2. диал. 1) ласка ( животное ) 2) горностай
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
VAIR — n 1. арх. геральд. беличий мех 2. диал. 1> ласка ( животное ) 2> горностай
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
VAIR — (устаревшее) (геральдика) беличий мех (диалектизм) ласка (животное) (диалектизм) горностай
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
VAIR — n. Pronunciation: ' ver Function: noun Etymology: Middle English veir, from Anglo-French vair, from vair, adjective, mottled, variegated, from Latin …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
VAIR ANCIENT — I. noun Etymology: part translation of French vair ancien : a heraldic vair consisting of horizontal bands each of which …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VAIR UNDY — noun : a heraldic vair in pale in which each pane stands broad edge to point or point to broad …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VAIR IN PALE — noun : a heraldic vair in which each pane stands broad edge to point or point to broad edge with …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VAIR-EN-POINT — | ̷ ̷ə̇n| ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: French, literally, vair in point : vair in pale
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VAIR, GUILLAUME DU — born March 7, 1556, Paris, Fr. died Aug. 31, 1621, Tonneins a highly influential French thinker and writer of the …
Britannica English vocabulary
MINIVER — noun Etymology: Middle English meniver, from Anglo-French menever, from menu small + ver, vair vair Date: 13th century a white …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
VAIRÉ — I. adjective or vairy ˈva(a)rē, -erē Etymology: vairé from French, from Old French vair; vairy from Middle English varri, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MINIVER — noun also min·e·ver ˈminəvə(r) ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English meniver, from Old French menu vair, from menu small (from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COUNTERVAIR — ˈkau̇ntə(r)+ˌ- noun Etymology: past translation of French contrevair, from contre- counter- + -vair — more at vair : a heraldic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VAIRY — (n.) Charged with vair; variegated with shield-shaped figures. See Vair.
Английский словарь Webster
VAIRY — ( n. ) Charged with vair; variegated with shield-shaped figures. See Vair.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MINIVER — /min"euh veuhr/ , n. 1. (in the Middle Ages) a fur of white or spotted white and gray used for …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MINIVER — [ 'mɪnɪvə ] ■ noun white fur used for lining or trimming clothes. Origin ME: from OFr. menu vair 'little …
Concise Oxford English vocab

Oxford English vocab

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