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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vair  \Vair\,  n.  [F.  vair,  from  OF  vair,  a.,  L.  varius  various, 
  variegated.  See  {Various},  and  cf  {Menivel}.] 
  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.  --Fairholt. 
 
  No  vair  or  ermine  decked  his  garment.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  {Counter  vair}  (Her.),  a  fur  resembling  vair,  except  in  the 
  arrangement  of  the  patches  or  figures. 

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