| Ermine (ermine) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Er"mine |
| [OF. ermine, F.
hermine, prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. harmo, G.
hermelin, akin to Lith. szarm(?), szarmonys,
weasel, cf. AS. hearma; but cf. also LL. armelinus,
armellina, her |
A valuable fur-bearing animal of the genus Mustela (M.
erminea), allied to the weasel; the stoat. It is found in the
northern parts of Asia, Europe, and America. In summer it is brown,
but in winter it becomes white, except the tip of the tail, which is
always black.
The fur of the ermine, as prepared for
ornamenting garments of royalty, etc., by having the tips of the
tails, which are black, arranged at regular intervals throughout the
white.
By metonymy, the office or functions of a
judge, whose state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity
and honor without stain.
One of the furs. See
Fur (Her.)
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| Ermine (ermine) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Er"mine |
|
To clothe with, or
as with, ermine.
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