Bible Dictionaries
Ermine

Webster's Dictionary

Search for…

Enter query below:

or

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Prev Entry
Erminative

Next Entry
Ermined

Resource Toolbox

Print Article

Additional Links

Dictionaries
Webster Dictionary
• Ermines
• Ermined
• Ermine
•   (only first 3 shown)
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Ermine
• Ermine Street

(1):

(n.) One of the furs. See Fur (Her.)

(2):

(n.) By metonymy, the office or functions of a judge, whose state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity and honor without stain.

(3):

(n.) 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.

(4):

(v. t.) To clothe with, or as with, ermine.

(5):

(n.) 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.