ERMINE
\ˈɜːmɪn], \ˈɜːmɪn], \ˈɜː_m_ɪ_n]\
Definitions of ERMINE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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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.
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One of the furs. See Fur (Her.)
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To clothe with, or as with, ermine.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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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.
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One of the furs. See Fur (Her.)
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To clothe with, or as with, ermine.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A northern animal of the weasel tribe, valued for its fur; its white fur, an emblem of the purity of judges and magistrates, whose robes are lined with it.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A weasel - like carnivore, especially in its winter dress of white, with black tailtip.
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Its fur, used in Europe for the facings of official robes, as of judges; hence, the judicial office, or its ideal purity.
By James Champlin Fernald
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An animal of the genus Mustela, allied to the weasel, an inhabitant of northern climates in Europe and America. In winter, the fur is white, but the tip of the tail is of the most intense black throughout the year;—the fur of the ermine; — the dignity of judges and magistrates, whose state robes, lined with ermine, are regarded as emblematic of purity.