The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bever \Be"ver\, n. [OE. bever a drink, drinking time, OF.
beivre, boivre, to drink, fr. L. bibere.]
A light repast between meals; a lunch. [Obs.]
--Beau. & Fl.
Bever \Be"ver\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bevered (?).] To take a light repast between meals. [Obs.]
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 vb. (context intransitive English) To tremble; shake; quiver; shiver. Etymology 2
alt. A movable covering for the mouth and chin on a close helmet. n. A movable covering for the mouth and chin on a close helmet. Etymology 3
n. 1 A drink. 2 (context now rare archaic English) A snack or light refreshment between meals. vb. (context obsolete English) To take a light repast between meals.
Wikipedia
Bever may refer to:
- Bever, Belgium, a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant
- Strombeek-Bever, part of the Belgian municipality of Grimbergen
- Bever, Switzerland, a municipality in the district of Maloja of the Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland
- Bever, a tributary to the river Ems
- Bever, a tributary to the river Oste
- Bever, a tributary to the river Weser
- Bever, a tributary to the river Wupper
- Robert and Michael Bever, brothers and suspects in the Broken Arrow killings
The Bever is an approximately 20 km long river in western Germany, right tributary of the river Ems. It has its springs in the Teutoburg Forest. It runs though the northern part of North Rhine-Westphalia and flows into the Ems near Telgte (Westbevern). Another town on the Bever is Ostbevern.
Bever is a station on the Pontresina- Scuol-Tarasp railway line. Hourly services operate on this line. Trains on the Albula Railway line between Chur and St.Moritz stop at this station during the early morning and late evening only.
Bever is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany.
Bever (Weser) is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Bever (Wupper) is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Usage examples of "bever".
He held it in his hand a while wondering where he could have seen such like stuff before, that it should smite a pang into his heart, and suddenly called to mind the little hall at Bourton Abbas with the oaken benches and the rush-strewn floor, and this same flower-broidered green cloth dancing about the naked feet of a fair damsel, as she moved nimbly hither and thither dighting him his bever.
Wherefore King Ban and King Bors made them ready, and dressed their shields and harness, and they were so courageous that many knights shook and bevered for eagerness.