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VIRE
Etymology
Noun
vire (plural vires)
An arrow, having a rotary motion, formerly used with the crossbow.
Verb
vire (third-person singular simple present vires, present participle viring, simple past and past participle vired)
to transfer a surplus from one account to cover a deficit in another, to make a virement.
Anagrams
• Iver, iver, rive, vier
Source: Wiktionary
Vire, n. Etym: [OF. vire, fr. virer to turn. Cf. Veer, Vireton.]
Definition: An arrow, having a rotary motion, formerly used with the crossbow. Cf. Vireton. Gower.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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