Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Vare \Vare\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   A weasel. [Prov. Eng.]

   {Vare widgeon} (Zo["o]l.), a female or young male of the
      smew; a weasel duck; -- so called from the resemblance of
      the head to that of a vare, or weasel. [Prov. Eng.]