ermines

• Stoats, also known as ermines or weasels, were first introduced to New Zealand in the 19th century to combat another introduced species, the rabbit, which has caused great environmental damage throughout Australia and New Zealand. —  Scientific American
• Go and bring me the four ells of peltry of beasts ermines, and that of the best, or thou shalt wake up to-morrow to find thy poll as clean as the end of thine ugsome [ugly] nose Poor Thurstan, who was only a child of about ten years old, mistook Alvena's jesting for earnest, and began to sob But what can I, Mistress?" —  The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time
• "(13 The collar consisted of a double chain, in each of which were four ermines, and two more hung suspended from two chains, surmounted by coronets. —  Brittany ; Its Byways
• His shield and cotte d’armes are semé of ermines, and by his side is the dagger of miséricorde, which served to kill the fallen enemy unless he cried for mercy. —  Brittany ; Its Byways
• "Society," said Carlyle, "is founded upon cloth," following the suggestions of Lear's speech to the naked bedlam beggar: "Thou art the thing itself: unaccommodated man is no more but such a poor, bare, forked animal as thou art;" and borrowing also, perhaps, an ironical hint from a paragraph in Swift's Tale of a Tub_: "A sect was established who held the universe to be a large suit of clothes If certain ermines or furs be placed in a certain position, we style them a judge; and so an apt conjunction of lawn and black satin we entitle a bishop." —  Brief History of English and American Literature

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