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counter-vairy

counter-vairy is the alternative spelling of countervairy.

Meaning of countervairy

Adjective

countervairy (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Divided into a countervair pattern of two or more tinctures.
    • Bufkin. Arms.—Or, a chevron between three close helmets azure. [...] A shield [blank] impaling: Quarterly: 1, Per fess azure [and argent], a pale countercharged between three bucks' heads, two and one, erased [or]; [...] 3, Ermine, a fess counter vairy or and gules; [...] Another shield [blank]...1924, Thomas Benolt, The Visitations of Kent ..., page 86

Questions about counter-vairy

What is counter-vairy the alternative spelling of?
Counter-vairy is the alternative spelling of countervairy.

Words near counter-vairy in the dictionary

  1. counter-trial
  2. counter-trials
  3. counter-trippant
  4. counter-tripping
  5. counter-vair
  6. counter-vairy
  7. counterable
  8. counteraccusation
  9. counteraccusations
  10. counteraccuse
  11. counteraccused

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