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Webster 1913 Edition


Calver

Cal′ver

(kăl′vẽr)
,
Verb.
I.
1.
To cut in slices and pickle, as salmon.
[Obs.]
For a change, leave
calvered
salmon and eat sprats.
Massinger.
2.
To crimp;
as,
calvered
salmon
.
Nares.

Cal′ver

,
Verb.
I.
To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered;
as, grayling’s flesh will
calver
.
Catton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Calver

CALVER

,
Verb.
T.
To cut in slices.

CALVER

,
Verb.
I.
To shrink by cutting, and not fall to pieces.

Definition 2024


calver

calver

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑːvə(r)

Noun

calver (plural calvers)

  1. A cow that produces young.
Related terms
  • down-calver
  • first calver
  • second calver
Translations

Etymology 2

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.
    • 1633, Massinger, Philip, The Guardian”, in Gifford, William, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, Act 4, Scene 2, published 1845, page 429:
      Great lords sometimes / For change leave calver'd salmon and eat sprats.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To crimp.
    calvered salmon
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Nares to this entry?)
  3. (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?)

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