† grovern.
Obsolete.
A kind of fur.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > other pelts or furs
fawa1200
ruskin1278
grisa1300
grover1310
letticea1399
cristy gray1404
pured?1435
watermail1489
cesil1492
callyvanc1524
wolverine1596
moleskin1652
flix1667
skunk1791
lion-skin1805
nutria1811
chinchilla1824
Alaska sable1869
fisher1879
monkeyc1896
marmot1911
tarbagan1928
1310–11 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 507 In 13 furur. de Grouayr empt., 40s.
?c1325 Earth ix, in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 151 We..þat weriþ grouer and groy, and schrud so schene.
1799 J. Strutt Compl. View Dress & Habits People of Eng. II. 138 The furs..which adorned the garments of the nobility, are distinguished by several appellations; as gros vair, minever, pennevaire, and sometimes simply vair.]
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