2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vare  \Vare\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  weasel.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  {Vare  widgeon}  (Zo["o]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.] 
 
  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. 

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