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tiver, n. dial.|ˈtɪvə(r)|
[mod., app. repr. OE. téafor (téapor), glossing ‘minium’ (red lead); in form = OHG. zoubur, Ger. zauber, ON. taufr, secret or magic writing, charm, talisman, sorcery: see Pauls Grundrisz (ed. 2) 251.]
A red colouring matter: see quots. Hence ˈtiver v. trans. dial., to mark or colour with tiver.
[c975Sax. Leechd. II. 56 Do æᵹes þ̶ hwite to & meng swa þu dest teapor. a1100Ags. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 314/21 Minium, teafor. a1200Ibid. 541/11 Minium, teapor. 1200–1225Peri Didaxeon in Sax. Leechd. III. 88 Eft nim ladsar þ̶ teafur & galpani oþres healfes paniȝe whit.] 1792Gentl. Mag. LXII. 521 Strayed sheep..tivered between the shoulders and across the loins. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Tiver, a composition of which tar is the principal ingredient, to colour and preserve boards exposed to the air. 1863Morton Cycl. Agric. Gloss. (E.D.D.), Teen or Tiver (Suff.), red ochre for marking sheep. 1887Kentish Gloss., Tiver. 1895E. Anglia Gloss. s.v., The sheep are tivered across the loins. |