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claver en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈklævɚ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots claver.

Meanings

  1. (Scotland, UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable) Frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chatter.
    • Emmy found herself entirely at a loss in the midst of their clavers. 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 26, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:

Forms

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clavers Number=Plur lexicographic

claver en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈklævɚ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots claver.

Meanings

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) To gossip or chit-chat.

Forms

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clavered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
clavered Tense=Past lexicographic
clavers Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
clavering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

claver en · NOUN · etymology 2

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, obsolete, uncountable) Obsolete form of clover.
    alt of clover
    • He Raine upon her [the Earth's] boſom poures; / His ſvvelling clouds abound vvith ſhoures: / […] / The Deſert with ſvveet claver fills; / And richly ſhades the joyfull Hills. 1636, G[eorge] S[andys], “[A Paraphrase upon the Second Booke of the Psalmes of David.] Psalme LXV.”, in A Paraphrase upon the Psalmes of David. And upon the Hymnes Dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments, London: [Andrew Hebb […]], →OCLC, page 101: