Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In cookery, to prepare (fish) in a certain way, apparently by a kind of pickling and spicing.
- To crimp (fish).
- Fresh; newly caught, as fish: applied particularly to fish, and especially to salmon, dressed as soon as caught. The term was also applied to fish dressed in a particular way, as with oil, vinegar, and spices.
- noun The flaky or fat flesh of calver fish.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To cut in slices and pickle, as salmon.
- intransitive verb To crimp.
- intransitive verb To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
cow that produces young. - verb obsolete, transitive To cut into
slices andpickle . - verb obsolete, intransitive To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Reply this is far out there and probably wouldnt work for your poster but i have a theory that there is a specific category of person called the “fat calver”
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - New Geek: “Fitness Geek” 2007
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Supreme from the dairy entries was the March-calved Jersey sixth calver, Glanmor Julian
WalesOnline - Home 2010
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Top price of the day at £2400 went to Rowland and Lewis, Caerforiog Farm for Llancourt Talgarth Jasmine 3, out of Llancourt Manat Jasmine 3 and sired by Bidlea Talgarth, she was a pedigree first calver with a good history behind her, giving 32Kg / day.
FWi - All News 2009
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"But they don't produce the milk like a second - or third-calver and anything any good is £2000-plus."
FWi - All News 2009
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a cow, but she was such a good milker and calver we couldnt help but keep her.
hernesheir commented on the word calver
The culinary uses of this word are interesting.
January 4, 2012