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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 vair /ˈvær, ˈvɛr/
 松鼠的皮,毛皮紋

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Vair n.  The skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth century as fur for garments, and frequently mentioned by writers of that period in describing the costly dresses of kings, nobles, and prelates.  It is represented in heraldry by a series of small shields placed close together, and alternately white and blue.
    No vair or ermine decked his garment.   --Sir W. Scott.
 Counter vair Her., a fur resembling vair, except in the arrangement of the patches or figures.