Ermine is represented by an argent field, tufted with black. Ermines is the reverse of ermine, being black, spotted or timbered with argent. Erminois is the same as ermine, except that or is substituted for argent.
Ermine moth (Zoöl.), a white moth with black spots (esp. Yponomeuta padella of Europe); -- so called on account of the resemblance of its covering to the fur of the ermine; also applied to certain white bombycid moths of America.
Er"mine, v. t. To clothe with, or as with, ermine.
The snows that have ermined it in the winter.
Lowell.
Er"mined (?), a. Clothed or adorned with the fur of the ermine. Pope.
Er"mines (?), n., Er"min*ois (&?;), n. (Her.) See Note under Ermine, n., 4.