Clavered vs Calvered - What's the difference?
clavered | calvered |
(claver)
(UK, Scotland, dialect) frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chatter
* Thackeray
(calver)
(obsolete) To cut into slices and pickle.
* (Massinger)
(obsolete) To crimp.
(obsolete) To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered.
As verbs the difference between clavered and calvered
is that clavered is past tense of claver while calvered is past tense of calver.clavered
English
Verb
(head)claver
English
Etymology 1
Noun
- Emmy found herself entirely at a loss in the midst of their clavers .
Etymology 2
Noun
(-)- (Holland)
Anagrams
* * ----calvered
English
Verb
(head)calver
English
Etymology 1
Etymology 2
Verb
(en verb)- For a change, leave calvered salmon and eat sprats.
- calvered salmon
- (Nares)
- grayling's flesh will calver
- (Catton)