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English Dictionary: Vare by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vare \Vare\, n. [Sp. vara staff, wand, L. vara forked pole.]
      A wand or staff of authority or justice. [Obs.]
  
               His hand a vare of justice did uphold.   --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vare \Vare\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A weasel. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Vare widgeon} (Zo[94]l.), a female or young male of the
            smew; a weasel duck; -- so called from the resemblance of
            the head to that of a vare, or weasel. [Prov. Eng.]
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