calver (plural calvers)
A cow that produces young.
calver (third-person singular simple present calvers, present participle calvering, simple past and past participle calvered)
(obsolete, transitive) To cut into slices and pickle.
(obsolete, intransitive) To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered.
(obsolete, transitive) To crimp.
• carvel, claver
Source: Wiktionary
Cal"ver, v. 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, v. i.
Definition: To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered; as, grayling's flesh will calver. Catton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
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