"calver" meaning in English

See calver in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

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 7 41 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 23 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

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 7 41 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 23 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

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 7 41 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 23 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

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "1610 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Alchemist, London: […] Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, […], published 1612, →OCLC, (please specify the Internet Archive page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):",
          "text": "My foot-boy shall eat pheasants, calvered salmons, / Knots, godwits, lampreys: I myself will have / The beards of barbels, served instead of salads […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1633, Philip Massinger, “The Guardian”, in William Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, published 1845, act 4, scene 2, page 429:",
          "text": "Great lords sometimes / For change leave calver'd salmon and eat sprats.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cut into slices and pickle."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "slice",
          "slice"
        ],
        [
          "pickle",
          "pickle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, transitive) To cut into slices and pickle."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1676, Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton, The Compleat Angler:",
          "text": "[A Grayling's] flesh will so easily calver that […][it] is very good meat at all times.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, intransitive) To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "calver"
}

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