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
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
