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Adjective [English]

Etymology: As the adjective predates the verb, possibly from Middle English calver (“interspersed with flakes”), from Old English calwer. Cognate with Scots caller. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|calver|id=flaky|t=interspersed with flakes}} Middle English calver (“interspersed with flakes”), {{inh|en|ang|calwer}} Old English calwer, {{cog|sco|caller}} Scots caller Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} calver
  1. Of salmon: freshly caught. Categories (lifeform): Cattle
    Sense id: en-calver-en-adj-yf-UHg5i Disambiguation of Cattle: 24 40 3 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 41 8 40 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 22 29 5 28 6 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 19 31 8 32 5 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 35 6 35 4 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɑːvə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkævɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-calver.wav Forms: calvers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːvə(ɹ), -ævə(ɹ) Etymology: From calve + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|calve|er|id2=agent noun}} calve + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} calver (plural calvers)
  1. A cow that produces young. Categories (lifeform): Cattle Related terms: down-calver, first calver, second calver Translations (cow that produces young): emolehmä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-calver-en-noun-~9Y90RxK Disambiguation of Cattle: 24 40 3 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 41 8 40 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 22 29 5 28 6 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 19 31 8 32 5 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 35 6 35 4 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

Forms: calvers [present, singular, third-person], calvering [participle, present], calvered [participle, past], calvered [past]
Etymology: As the adjective predates the verb, possibly from Middle English calver (“interspersed with flakes”), from Old English calwer. Cognate with Scots caller. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|calver|id=flaky|t=interspersed with flakes}} Middle English calver (“interspersed with flakes”), {{inh|en|ang|calwer}} Old English calwer, {{cog|sco|caller}} Scots caller Head templates: {{en-verb}} calver (third-person singular simple present calvers, present participle calvering, simple past and past participle calvered)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To cut into slices and pickle. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-calver-en-verb-9RBCMXP4
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered. Tags: intransitive, obsolete Categories (lifeform): Cattle
    Sense id: en-calver-en-verb-EPXaUZt8 Disambiguation of Cattle: 24 40 3 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 41 8 40 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 22 29 5 28 6 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 19 31 8 32 5 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 35 6 35 4 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Adjective [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈkalvər/
Etymology: Possibly inherited from Old English calwer (“curds”), of unknown origin. The development of /lw/ to /lv/ before /r/ would be unparalleled, but there are no clear counterexamples either. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|flaky}}, {{glossary|inherited}} inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|calwer||curds|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English calwer (“curds”), {{inh+|enm|ang|calwer|nocap=1|t=curds}} inherited from Old English calwer (“curds”) Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective}} calver
  1. (rare, of salmon) Having curd-like flakes throughout. Tags: rare Synonyms: calvar, calvur
    Sense id: en-calver-enm-adj-Ncll5a~9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun form}} calver
  1. plural of calf (“calf (young cow)”) Tags: form-of, plural Form of: calf (extra: (“calf (young cow)”)) Categories (lifeform): Fish
    Sense id: en-calver-enm-noun-M11vElNA Disambiguation of Fish: 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "fi",
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    }
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}

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        "To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered."
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