Eremite

er'e-mlt, n. now Hermit. Ermine, fer'min, «. a northern animal of the weasel tribe, valued for its fur its white fur, an emblem of the purity of judges and magistrates, whose robes are lined with adj. Er'mined, adorned with ermine. [O. Fr. ermine (Fr hermine) from L. A rmemus, mouse of Armenia, whence was brought to Rome but acc. to Skeat from O. Ger. harmm (Ger. her mel in), ermine-fur. [rosus, to gnaw.]