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calver


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Calver  \Cal"ver\  (k[a^]l"v[~e]r),  v.  i. 
  1.  To  cut  in  slices  and  pickle,  as  salmon.  [Obs.] 
 
  For  a  change,  leave  calvered  salmon  and  eat  sprats. 
  --Massinger. 
 
  2.  To  crimp;  as  calvered  salmon.  --Nares. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Calver  \Cal"ver\,  v.  i. 
  To  bear,  or  be  susceptible  of  being  calvered  as  grayling's 
  flesh  will  calver.  --Catton.