Ermine

Noun

 * 1) A weasel, Mustela erminea, found in northern latitudes; its dark brown fur turns white in winter (apart from the black tip of the tail)
 * 2) The white fur of this animal
 * 3)  A symbol of purity
 * 4)  The office of a judge
 * 5)  A white field with black spots

Synonyms

 * stoat
 * short-tailed weasel
 * wild otter

Verb

 * 1) To clothe with ermine

Thesaurus
Australian seal, achievement, alerion, animal charge, annulet, argent, armorial bearings, armory, arms, azure, bandeau, bar, bar sinister, baton, bearings, bearskin, beaver, beaverette, bend, bend sinister, billet, black fox, black marten, black sable, blazon, blazonry, bordure, broad arrow, brook mink, buckskin, cadency mark, calf, calfskin, canton, cap of dignity, cap of maintenance, capeskin, cat, chaplet, charge, chevron, chief, chinchilla, chinchillette, coast seal, coat of arms, cockatrice, coney, coronet, cowhide, crescent, crest, cross, cross moline, crown, deerskin, device, diadem, difference, differencing, doeskin, eagle, electric seal, ermines, erminites, erminois, escutcheon, falcon, fess, fess point, field, file, flanch, fleece, fleur-de-lis, fox, fret, fur, furs, fusil, garland, genet, goatskin, great seal, griffin, gules, gyron, hatchment, helmet, heraldic device, honor point, impalement, impaling, inescutcheon, jaguar, label, lapin, leopard, lion, lozenge, mantling, marmot, marshaling, marten, martlet, mascle, merino, metal, mink, mole, moleskin, monkey, motto, mullet, muskrat, nombril point, nutria, octofoil, or, orb, ordinary, orle, otter, pale, paly, pean, pelts, pheon, pigskin, privy seal, purple, purple pall, purpure, quarter, quartering, rabbit, rabbitskin, raccoon, regalia, robe of state, rod, rod of empire, rose, royal crown, sable, saltire, scepter, scutcheon, seal, shagreen, sheepskin, shield, signet, skunk, spread eagle, squirrel, subordinary, tenne, tiara, tiger, tincture, torse, tressure, triple plume, unicorn, uraeus, vair, vert, white fox, wool, wreath, yale

Etymology
From ermine:, ermin:, ermyn:, from  ermin:, ermine:, hermine:, of  origin, from  *undefined:, from, from. Cognate with harmo:,  harm:,  hearma:. Compare also Hermelin:. More at.

Note: The supposed derivation from mus: Armenius: is without any foundation.

Noun

 * Albanian: ermelina
 * Armenian: ,
 * Basque: erbinude zuri
 * Belarusian: гарнастай
 * Bosnian: hermelin
 * Breton: erminig
 * Bulgarian: хермелин (hermelin)
 * Catalan: ermini
 * Croatian: zerdav
 * Czech:
 * Danish: hermelin/lækat
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ermeno
 * Estonian: kärp, lahits, hermeliin
 * Faroese: roysikøttur
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: armelin
 * Galician: armiño
 * German:
 * Greek: ερμίνα
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: easóg
 * Italian:
 * Ladin: armelin
 * Latin: Mustela erminea  


 * Latvian: sermulis
 * Lithuanian:
 * Lower Sorbian: hermelin
 * Macedonian: хермелин, ермелин
 * Maltese: ermellin
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan: ermina
 * Polish: gronostaj  
 * Portuguese:
 * Romani: ermina
 * Romanian: hermelina
 * Romansch: ermelin
 * Russian: горностай (gornostaj)  
 * Sami: buoidda
 * Sardinian: ermellinu
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Serbian: zerdav
 * Slovak: lasica hranostaj
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: горностай (gornostaj)
 * Upper Sorbian: hermelin, (hronostaj)
 * Welsh: carlwm
 * West Frisian: harmeling


 * Czech:
 * Finnish: kärpännahka, hermeliini


 * French:


 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Macedonian: хермелин

Anagrams

 * emerin

Noun

 * 1)  (fabric)
 * circa 1170,, Érec et Énide:
 * La pane fu de blanc ermine