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calver

noun
/ˈkɑːvə/UK/ˈkævɚ/US

Etymology

As the adjective predates the verb, possibly from Middle English calver (“interspersed with flakes”), from Old English calwer. Cognate with Scots caller.

  1. inherited from calwer
  2. inherited from calver — “interspersed with flakes”

Definitions

  1. A cow that produces young.

  2. Of salmon

    Of salmon: freshly caught.

    • calver salmon

  3. To cut into slices and pickle.

    • My foot-boy shall eat pheasants, calvered salmons, / Knots, godwits, lampreys: I myself will have / The beards of barbels, served instead of salads […]
    • Great lords sometimes / For change leave calver'd salmon and eat sprats.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered.

      • [A Grayling's] flesh will so easily calver that […][it] is very good meat at all times.

    2. A village and civil parish of Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref…

      A village and civil parish of Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK240745).

    3. A habitational surname from Old English.

    4. Abbreviation of calendar versioning.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA