different between calver vs caver

English

Etymology 1

calve +? -er

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??v?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kæv?/
• Rhymes: -??v?(?), -æv?(?)
• Homophone: carver (Received Pronunciation)

Noun

calver (plural calvers)

1. A cow that produces young.

Related terms

• down-calver
• first calver
• second calver

Translations

Etymology 2

Unknown. The adjective predates the verb. Related to Scots caller.

Adjective

calver

1. Of salmon: freshly caught.

   calver salmon

Verb

calver (third-person singular simple present calvers, present participle calvering, simple past and past participle calvered)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To cut into slices and pickle.
   • c.1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist

     My foot-boy shall eat pheasants, calvered salmons, / Knots, godwits, lampreys: I myself will have / The beards of barbels, served instead of salads […]
2. (obsolete, intransitive) To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered.

   grayling's flesh will calver

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Catton to this entry?)

3. (obsolete, transitive) To crimp.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Nares to this entry?)

Anagrams

• carvel, claver

Middle English

Noun

calver

1. plural of calf (“calf (young cow)”)

English

Etymology

From cave +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?v?(r)

Noun

caver (plural cavers)

1. A person who explores caves.

   Synonym: spelunker
2. (mining, obsolete) One who works the tailings of a mine to extract small pieces of marketable ore.

Anagrams

• carve, crave, varec

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ka.u?er/, [?käu??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ka.ver/, [?k??v?r]

Verb

caver

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cav?