Crossword-Solution: VAIR
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Vair | n. | The skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth century as fur for garments, and frequently mentioned by writers of that period in describing the costly dresses of kings, nobles, and prelates. It is represented in heraldry by a series of small shields placed close together, and alternately white and blue. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| VAIR | anagram | IVAR, RAVI, RIVA, VARI, VIAR, VRAI |
We have 15 clues for the answer “VAIR”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Fur for Richard II's robes | 1 answer |
| Fur formerly worn by kings. | 1 answer |
| Fur similar to miniver | 1 answer |
| Fur worn by medieval kings. | 1 answer |
| Kin of miniver | 1 answer |
| Squirrel fur of medieval days. | 1 answer |
| Squirrel fur used in medieval robes. | 1 answer |
| Squirrel skin | 1 answer |
| Medieval fur | 2 answers |
| Squirrel fur | 2 answers |
| miniver | 3 answers |
| Heraldic fur. | 5 answers |
| Kind of fur | 8 answers |
| Heraldry | 41 answers |
| Fur | 46 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with VAIR (5)
They promenade themselves on the levee, they look down from ze gallerie, mais--” “But what, Xavier?” “But, mon Dieu, Michié, they are vair’ difficile.
All founts, all rivers, seaward rolled, The pleasant summer livery wear, With silver studs on broidered vair; The world puts off its raiment old, The year lays down his mantle cold.
Hear how he kept his covenant: for he sent him now five sumpter mules, strong and sleek, loaded with dresses and clothes, buckrams and scarlets, marks of gold and silver plate, furs both vair and grey, skins of sable, purple stuffs, and silks.
Guivret had two loose gowns made of two different kinds of silk, one trimmed with ermine, the other with vair.
And he is seized with pity at hearing, seeing, and perceiving the grief of the poor ladies, who cried: "Ah, God, how hast Thou forgotten us! How desolate we shall now remain when we lose so kind a friend, who gave us such counsel and such aid, and interceded for us at court! It was she who prompted madame to clothe us with her clothes of vair.
Quotes with VAIR (1)
Vairâgya or renunciation is the turning point in all the various Yogas. The Karmi (worker) renounces the fruits of his work. The Bhakta (devotee) renounces all little loves for the almighty and omnipresent love. The Yogi renounces his experiences, because his philosophy is that the whole Nature, although it is for the experience of the soul, at last brings him to know that he is not in Nature, but eternally separate from Nature. The Jnâni (philosopher) renounces everything, b…
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 13 times in crossword archives (1948–1987).