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• Ermine (heraldry) — In heraldry, ermine is one of the furs used in blazon, representing the skin of the stoat, known in medieval Latin as armenius (Armenian (mouse)). In winter the stoat has white fur and a black tail; heraldic ermine represents a number of skins… …   Wikipedia

• counter- — 1. a prefixal use of counter3, as in counteract. 2. Heraldry a prefixal use of counter3 signifying opposition to the second element, as in contrary directions (counter rampant), on two opposite sides (counter indented), or having the tinctures… …  

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• Counter vair — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Tincture (heraldry) — In heraldry, tinctures are the colours used to emblazon a coat of arms. These can be divided into several categories including light tinctures called metals, dark tinctures called colours, nonstandard colours called stains, furs, and proper . A… …   Wikipedia

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