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Claver

//ˈklævɚ// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A municipality of Surigao del Norte, Philippines.
Noun
  1. 1
    Frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chatter. Scotland, UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable

    "Emmy found herself entirely at a loss in the midst of their clavers."

  2. 2
    Obsolete form of clover. alt-of, obsolete, uncountable

    "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."

Verb
  1. 1
    To gossip or chit-chat. Scotland, UK, dialectal
  2. 2
    talk socially without exchanging too much information wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Scots claver.

Etymology 2

From Scots claver.

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