calver
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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/ˈkɑːvə/
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/ˈkɑːvə/ · /ˈkævɚ/
Definition of calver
7 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- A cow that produces young.
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noun
- A cow that produces young.
- (abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable)Abbreviation of calendar versioning.
adj
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Of salmon: freshly caught.
“calver salmon”
verb
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(obsolete, transitive)To cut into slices and pickle.
“My foot-boy shall eat pheasants, calvered salmons, / Knots, godwits, lampreys: I myself will have / The beards of barbels, served instead of salads […]”
“Great lords sometimes / For change leave calver'd salmon and eat sprats.”
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(intransitive, obsolete)To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered.
“[A Grayling's] flesh will so easily calver that […][it] is very good meat at all times.”
name
- (countable, uncountable)A village and civil parish of Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK240745).
- (countable, uncountable)A habitational surname from Old English.
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Etymology
From calve + -er.
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