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Definition of Calver
1. v. i. To cut in slices and pickle, as salmon.
2. v. i. To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered; as, grayling's flesh will calver.
Definition of Calver
1. Noun. A cow that produces young. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Calver
1. to prepare [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: prepare
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calver
Literary usage of Calver
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the County of Derby by Stephen Glover (1829)
"calver is a part of one of the principal limestone districts of Derbyshire, and
it derives considerable advantage from its proximity to lands where a ..."
2. Collectanea Anglo-poetica: Or, A Bibliographical and Descriptive Catalogue by Thomas Corser, James Crossley (1867)
"The present little manuscript came from Mr. Heber's collection. Bound in Yellow
Morocco. Gilt leaves. calver, (EDWARD.) — Passion and Discretion, in Youth, ..."
3. Principles and Practice of Harbour Construction by William Shield (1895)
"Designs for -wave-screens and floating breakwaters based upon wrong hypotheses—
Description of wave-screens proposed by Hays, Scott, and calver—Floating ..."
4. Catalogue of the Library of the Institution of Civil Engineers by Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1866)
"WAVE influence on the Nile's deposits. Fide SI>BATT. screen. Vide calver. WAVES,
force of the, of the Atlantic and German oceans. Vide STEVENSON. motion of. ..."
5. Peak Scenery; Or, The Derbyshire Tourist by Ebenezer Rhodes (1824)
"calver Lime. — Morning Scene. — Hassop Hall. — Longstone. — Godfrey Rowland
imprisoned in the Castle of the Peak. e ROM Malham Bridge we followed the margin ..."
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