Calver

//ˈkɑːvə// adj, name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A cow that produces young.
  2. 2
    Abbreviation of calendar versioning. abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To cut into slices and pickle. obsolete, transitive

    "My foot-boy shall eat pheasants, calvered salmons, / Knots, godwits, lampreys: I myself will have / The beards of barbels, served instead of salads […]"

  2. 2
    To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered. intransitive, obsolete

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

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of salmon: freshly caught.

    "calver salmon"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A village and civil parish of Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK240745). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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calendar versioning

Example

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"My foot-boy shall eat pheasants, calvered salmons, / Knots, godwits, lampreys: I myself will have / The beards of barbels, served instead of salads […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From calve + -er.

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

From Old English calf (“calf”) + ōfer (“slope, ridge”).

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