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▪ I. var Canad.|vɑː(r)|
Also varr.
[dial. var. of fir.]
The balsam fir, Abies balsamea.
1793P. Campbell Trav. N. Amer. 57 The men set to work, and..cut the crops of a species of ever green wood, which they call varr [in New Brunswick]. 1842R. H. Bonnycastle Newfoundland II. 266 The bark of the..var..was taken off. 1907J. G. Millais Newfoundland iv. 99 Trees standing clear against a brown mass of tall ‘vars’ and spruces. 1959Atlantic Advocate Jan. 74 In the feel of drawknife in wood, smoothing a shingle out of straight-grained var, there was something that smoothed the mind. 1982Evening Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) 8 Feb. 24 Many an axe is biting into a piece of crooked var.
▪ II. var
southern dial. var. far adv., etc.; obs. Sc. f. war a., ware a., were (see be v.). |