Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A wand or staff of authority.
- noun A weasel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A wand or staff of authority or justice.
- noun (Zoöl.), Prov. Eng. A weasel.
- noun (Zoöl.), [Prov. Eng.] 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK, dialect A
weasel .
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Examples
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The other measure is called a vare, which was sent from the king of Portugall to the India, by which they sell things of small value, which measure is of 5 palmes or spans, and is one code and two third parts, so that buying 100 codes of any measurable wares, and returning to measure it by the sayd vare, there are found but
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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What kind of message vare we sending to other states??
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Det tar lang tid å få deler, på tross av et godt system for å sjekke hva som skjer får du ikke noe mer hjelp enn dette når det begynner å drøye, og du kan ikke regne med at de tar vare på dataene på harddisken din.
Archive 2009-08-01 Torill 2009
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Det tar lang tid å få deler, på tross av et godt system for å sjekke hva som skjer får du ikke noe mer hjelp enn dette når det begynner å drøye, og du kan ikke regne med at de tar vare på dataene på harddisken din.
Endless frustration partially ended Torill 2009
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Ebbin mai Kismet wus vare luvvy, wuz laik “mumma? u nawt fergit us, rite?”
I NOT HAS A PMS!!!!! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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We vare all aware of the risks confronting marriage and the family today - partly because its indissolubility is watered down by an ever-easier access to divorce, and partly because of the increasing cohabitation of men and women without the legal form of marriage.
Auntie Joanna writes..... Joanna Bogle 2006
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Ground: "Speedbird 206, do you not know vare you are going?"
Canadian Cynic CC 2004
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Ground: "Speedbird 206, do you not know vare you are going?"
Archive 2004-08-01 CC 2004
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There is also the vare in Goa, which is iust as the vare of
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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"Bud you must haf some glothes first to vare," he cried, looking at the children's scanty garments.
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