Associations to the word «Vair»

Wiktionary

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.
VAIR, noun. (tincture) An heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of blue and white bell shapes.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats