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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ERMINES; ERMINOIS

ERMINES; ERMINOIS Er "mines, n., Er "min *ois (, n. (Her. )

 

Defn: See Note under Ermine, n., 4.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ermines

er mines |ˈərmənz ˈərmənz | ▶noun Heraldry fur resembling ermine but with white spots on a black ground. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: perhaps from Old French hermines, plural of herminet, diminutive of hermine ‘ermine. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

ermines

ermines |ˈəːmɪnz | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Heraldry fur resembling ermine but with white spots on a black ground. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: perhaps from Old French hermines, plural of herminet, diminutive of hermine ‘ermine ’.