Lexicographical Neighbors of Haviours
Literary usage of Haviours
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity by Society of Antiquaries of London (1821)
"haviours, s. behaviour, to be on ones haviours is to be on ones good behaviour.
Jam. uses havins, or havings, in the same sense. ..."
2. A glossary of words used in the dialect of Cheshire, founded on a similar by Egerton Leigh, Roger Wilbraham (1877)
"To be on one's haviours," is to be on one's good behaviour. " To mind one's P's
and Q's." This latter expression is said to have originated from the ..."
3. A Glossary of Provincial and Local Words Used in England by Francis Grose, Samuel Pegge (1839)
"N. HAVY-CAVY, undetermined, wavering, (HABE CAVE) doubtful whether to accept or
reject a thing. Nottingham. HAVER-CAKE, oat-cake. York. haviours, manners. ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"haviours.'—Ib. 556, which see. Hal. has ' Havering, a gelded buck.' Durham. Hazel.
Stiff. ' The soil is in general loamy, or what is called hazel mould. ..."
5. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet, Edward Nares (1843)
"... Misbe- three of you, in cose you shall find any Per- haviours, Misdemeanours
and Negligences, son or Persons, obstinate or disobedient, dune, suffered, ..."
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