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Vare
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
A wand or staff of authority or justice. [Obs.] His hand a vare of justice did uphold. Dryden.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A weasel. [Prov. Eng.] Vare widgeon (Zoöl.), 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.]