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Definition of Ermines

Ermines
Ermines Er"mines, n., Erminois Er"min*ois, n.(Her.) See Note under Ermine, n., 4.
Ermine
Ermine Er"mine, n. [OF. ermine, F. hermine, prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. harmo, G. hermelin, akin to Lith. szarm?, szarmonys, weasel, cf. AS. hearma; but cf. also LL. armelinus, armellina, hermellina, and pellis Armenia, the fur of the Armenian rat, mus Armenius, the animal being found also in Armenia.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) 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. 2. 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. 3. By metonymy, the office or functions of a judge, whose state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity and honor without stain. --Chatham. 4. (Her.) One of the furs. See Fur (Her.) Note: Ermine is represented by an argent field, tufted with black. Ermines is the reverse of ermine, being black, spotted or timbered with argent. Erminois is the same as ermine, except that or is substituted for argent. Ermine moth (Zo["o]l.), a white moth with black spots (esp. Yponomeuta padella of Europe); -- so called on account of the resemblance of its covering to the fur of the ermine; also applied to certain white bombycid moths of America.
Ermine
Ermine Er"mine, v. t. To clothe with, or as with, ermine. The snows that have ermined it in the winter. --Lowell.

Meaning of Ermines from wikipedia

- The stoat (Mustela erminea), also known as the Eurasian ermine or ermine, is a species of mustelid native to Eurasia and the northern regions of North...
- former heraldic writers, not of former heralds." Ermine Ermines (counter-ermine) Erminois Pean Gules ermined argent Flag of Brittany Flag of Leicestershire...
- ermine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ermine may refer to three species of mustelid in the genus Mustela, or their fur: Stoat or Eurasian ermine...
- types of prey for ermines. Ermines live and find cover from predators in hollow spaces from logs, burrows and man made structures. Ermines sometimes den within...
- The Lady with an Ermine is a portrait painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci. Dated to c. 1489–1491, the work is painted in oils...
- and ratels, martens and sables, minks, river and sea otters, stoats and ermines, tayras and wolverines. Procyonidae, the raccoons and raccoon-like procyonids...
- continuing to whip. The meringue is then whipped with butter and flavorings. Ermine frosting is also known as boiled milk frosting or cooked flour frosting...
- The Order of the Ermine (L'Ordre de l'Hermine) was a chivalric order of the 14th and 15th centuries in the Duchy of Brittany. The ermine is the emblem of...
- (Loma #701) (1955) (as The Ermines) "You Broke My Heart" / "Pretty Baby I'm Used To You Now" (Loma #703) (1956) (with The Ermines) "Keep Me Alive" / "Muchacha...
- of the Ermine may refer to: Order of the Ermine (France), a chivalric order Order of the Ermine (Naples), a chivalric order Order of the Ermine (modern)...