[a. OFr. (h)erminois, f. hermine ERMINE.] A heraldic fur, Or with Sable ‘spots.’

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1562.  Leigh, Armorie, 130 b. The fift doubling is Or, poudred with Sable, and must bee called properly Erminoys.

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1610.  Guillim, Heraldry, I. iv. (1660), 23. Ermynois whose ground or field is yellow, and the Poulderings black.

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1775.  in Ash.

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1864.  Boutell, Heraldry Hist. & Pop., xvii. 281. A griffin per fesse erm. and erminois.

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