English Dictionary: Vare | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for Vare | |
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.] |