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vāra, ae, f.

  1. I. A wooden horse or trestle for spreading nets upon; hence, prov.: sequitur varam vibia, one evil follows the other, Aus. Idyll. 12 praef. monos.
  2. II. A forked pole for spreading nets upon, Luc. 4, 439; to support a bough, Col. 5, 9, 2.

vārātĭo, ōnis, f. [varo], a bending, winding (late Lat.): fluminis, Auct. Limit. pp. 257 and 285 Goes.