The Collaborative International Dictionary
Calver \Cal"ver\ (k[a^]l"v[~e]r), v. i.
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To cut in slices and pickle, as salmon. [Obs.]
For a change, leave calvered salmon and eat sprats.
--Massinger. To crimp; as, calvered salmon.
--Nares.
Calver \Cal"ver\, v. i.
To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered; as, grayling's
flesh will calver.
--Catton.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. A cow that produces young. Etymology 2
vb. 1 (context obsolete transitive English) To cut into slices and pickle. 2 (context obsolete transitive English) To crimp. 3 (context obsolete intransitive English) To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered.
Wikipedia
Calver ( Old English Calf Slope) is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 710.
Calver is a village in Derbyshire, England.
Calver may also refer to:
- Calver (surname)
- Calver Hill, a fell in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in North Yorkshire, England
- Calver Island, an archaeological site in Swatara Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Calver is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Aaron Calver (born 1996), Australian soccer player
- Bronwyn Calver (born 1969), Australian cricketer
- Clive Calver (born 1949), American religious leader
- Craig Calver (born 1991), English footballer
- Edward Calver ( fl. 1649), English poet
- John Calver (c. 1695 – 1751), English clockmaker
- Stu Calver (died 2000), British singer
Usage examples of "calver".
Well, I'm sure I hope he'll find it to his liking, though it will be wonderful if he does, the way Mr Calver let all go to rack and ruin!
Is it true that Mr Calver left them nothing but twenty pounds, and his gold watch?
Sir Waldo hasn't mentioned the matter, even to Papa, and we believe he would as lief it were not known, because he told Wedmore that Mr Calver had privately desired him, when the precise state of his affairs should have been ascertained, to make provision for his old servants.
The news that the Nonesuch had another cousin staying with him, and one who was an out-and-out dandy, rapidly spread, and was productive of a spate of notes directed to Sir Waldo, and carrying the assurances of the various hostesses to whom he and Lin-deth were engaged that they would be most happy to include Mr Laurence Calver amongst their guests.
First it was Lord Lindeth, now it is Mr Calver: he, if you please, is teaching her to drive!
No, no, don't suggest it, Mr Calver, for it's the very thing Mr Burford—that's Tiffany's uncle, and her guardian, you know—don't wish for!
So Miss Trent, unabashed, left her to her own devices, or (as she suspected) to the attentions of Mr Calver, and seized the opportunity to pay a call on Mrs Chartley, with a copy of the recipe for pickling white mushrooms tucked into her reticule.
Now that Mr Calver has taught me to drive so well, I mean to try if I can't coax Sir Waldo to let me drive his chestnuts!
She ran to the window, and saw Mr Calver driving up to the house in his hired whisky.
She must have persuaded Mr Calver to take her to Leeds—perhaps even to escort her to London!
And I must think it extremely unlikely that Mr Calver could have been able to oblige her with a loan.
Mr Underhill would have it that she and your cousin had gone off in a post-chaise-and-four, but I couldn't suppose that Mr Calver would be carrying a large enough sum of money on his person.
Are Miss Wield and Mr Calver still here, or have they given me up in despair?
Mr Calver was discovered in the parlour, reclining on a sofa of antiquated and uncomfortable design, a strip of sticking-plaster adorning his brow, his beautifully curled locks sadly dishevelled, a glass in his hand, and a bottle of the King's Head's best cognac standing on the floor beside him.
Miss Wield had not stabbed Mr Calver: she had thrown the clock at his head.