Ye are more silky-sleek than Ermines are, Ye Pisan counts, knights, damozels, and squires, Who think by combing out your hair like wires To drive the men of Florence from their car.
"Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Vol III."
John Symonds
If certain Ermines or furs be placed in a certain position, we style them a judge; and so an apt conjunction of lawn and black satin we entitle a bishop.
"Brief History of English and American Literature"
Henry A. Beers
There are gorgeous hats on the lines of sparrows nests, and manifold draperies and corduroys and Ermines and purple things, with presumably good-looking women inside.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch