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calver
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)
- 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
- Of salmon: freshly caught.
- calver salmon
Verb
calver (third-person singular simple present calvers, present participle calvering, simple past and past participle calvered)
- (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 […]
- c.1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist
- (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?)
- (obsolete, transitive) To crimp.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Nares to this entry?)
Anagrams
- carvel, claver
Middle English
Noun
calver
- plural of calf (“calf (young cow)”)
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halver
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??v?(r)
Noun
halver (plural halvers)
- a fisherman who places a net to catch fish in the retreating tide
- (plural only) sharing in halves
- 1816, Sir Walter Scott, The Antiquary, Vol.2
- like a Scotch schoolboy when he finds anything, "Nae halvers and quarters--hale o' mine ain and 'nane o' my neighbour's.
- 1816, Sir Walter Scott, The Antiquary, Vol.2
Anagrams
- Harvel
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
halver m or f
- indefinite plural of halve
Verb
halver
- imperative of halvere
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
halver
- imperative of halvera and halvere
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
halver f
- indefinite plural of halve
- indefinite plural of halva (non-standard since 2012)
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse halfr, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz.
Adjective
halver
- half
Declension
Descendants
- Swedish: halv
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