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Definition of Haver
1. n. A possessor; a holder.
2. n. The oat; oats.
3. v. i. To maunder; to talk foolishly; to chatter.
Definition of Haver
1. Verb. (British) To hem and haw ¹
2. Verb. (Scotland) To maunder; to talk foolishly; to chatter; talking nonsense; to babble ¹
3. Noun. The cereal oats. ¹
4. Noun. One who has, possesses etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Haver
1. to hem and haw [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Haver
Literary usage of Haver
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Representative American Plays by Arthur Hobson Quinn (1917)
"KER. (Aside.) It looks as if Robert was right; she doesn't want the two men to meet.
(Enter haverILL, a white silk handkerchief in his hand.) haver. ..."
2. The Practice of the Court of Session: On the Basis of the Late Mr. Darling's by Charles Farquhar Shand, James Johnston Darling (1848)
"A pupil, it has been found, cannot be examined as a haver; Ait km v. ... A minor
after the age of fourteen, may, however, be examined as a haver ; E. of ..."
3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1883)
"Keble's " Evening Hymn," and Miss haver- gal's ever-beautiful and touching "
Bells Across the Snow." ESTES & LAURIAT offer three very handsomely illustrated ..."
4. The Scots Digest of the Cases Decided in the Supreme Courts of Scotland: And by John Condie Stewart Sandeman, Scotland Courts (1905)
"A law-agent examined as a haver under a commission admitted the existence ...
The Lord Ordinary ordained the haver to appear before the Court within eight ..."
5. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science, Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1866)
"haver, ([fi.] Hafer,) Avena. haverSIAN CANALS, (after Dr. Clopton •havers,)
Canals, nutritivo, of Bones. ..."
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