English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːvə(r)

Noun

calver ‎(plural calvers)

1. A cow that produces young.

Related terms

• down-calver
• first calver
• second calver

Translations

Etymology 2

Verb

calver ‎(third-person singular simple present calvers, present participle calvering, simple past and past participle calvered)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To cut into slices and pickle.
   • 1633, Massinger, Philip, “The Guardian”, in Gifford, William, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, Act 4, Scene 2, published 1845, page 429:

     Great lords sometimes / For change leave calver'd salmon and eat sprats.

2. (obsolete, transitive) To crimp.

   calvered salmon

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Nares to this entry?)

3. (obsolete, intransitive) To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered.

   grayling's flesh will calver

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Catton to this entry?)

Anagrams

• carvel
• claver