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Slavered vs Clavered - What's the difference?

slavered | clavered |

As verbs the difference between slavered and clavered

is that slavered is (slaver) while clavered is (claver).

slavered

English

Verb

(head)
  • (slaver)

    • slaver

    English

    Etymology 1

    From medieval English slaveren, of Scandinavian origin, akin to or derived from (etyl) slafra "to slaver", probably imitative

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To drool saliva from the mouth; to slobber.
  • To fawn.
  • To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth.
  • To be besmeared with saliva.
    • (Shakespeare)
    Synonyms
    * (emit saliva ): drool, slobber

    Noun

    (-)
  • saliva running from the mouth; drool
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Of all mad creatures, if the learned are right, / It is the slaver kills, and not the bite.

    Etymology 2

    From the verb slave 'enslave, traffic in slaves'

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a person engaged in the slave trade
  • white slaver, who sells prostitutes into illegal 'sex slavery'
  • (nautical) a ship used to transport slaves

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    clavered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (claver)

    • claver

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

  • (UK, Scotland, dialect) frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chatter
  • * Thackeray
    • Emmy found herself entirely at a loss in the midst of their clavers .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to gossip or chit-chat

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
    • (Holland)

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