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▪ I. haver, n.1|ˈhævə(r)|
[f. have v. + -er1.]
One who has or possesses; a possessor, owner. Now rare in general sense.
c1400Apol. Loll. 9 To selle is þe hauer to ȝeue his þing for price tane. c1449Pecock Repr. I. 153 Hauers and vsers of ymagis. 1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 32 b, He taught true..vertue, whiche dooeth specially aboue all other thynges commende and sette out y⊇ hauer. 1607Shakes. Cor. ii. ii. 89 It is held, That Valour is the chiefest Vertue, And most dignifies the hauer. 1728in Cramond Ann. Banff (1891) I. 199 Havers thereof shall be liable in ane pecuniarie punishment.
b. Sc. Law. One who has possession of a deed or writing which is called for by a court of justice; the holder of a document.
c1575Balfour's Practicks (1754) 188 The haver of ane manis evidentis may be chargit to deliver the samin within sax dayis to the awner. 1754Erskine Princ. Sc. Law (1809) 395 The apparent heir may..sue havers, i.e. custodiars or possessors, for exhibition of all writings pertaining to his ancestor. 1837Act 7 Will. IV & 1 Vict. c. 41 §3 The officer summoning parties, witnesses, or havers. 1868Act 31 & 32 Vict. c. 100 §19 Any witness or haver requiring to be cited to attend said Court.
▪ II. haver, n.2 dial.|ˈhævə(r)|
Also 5 hafyr, havyr.
[ME. 14th c. haver (hafyr), corresp. to OS. haƀ-, havoro (Du., EFris. haver, LG. hawer), OHG. habaro (MHG. habere, haber, G. haber, hafer), ON. hafre, pl. hafrar (Sw. hafre, Da. havre):—OTeut. *haƀron- wk. masc. In Eng. only northern, and presumably from Norse.]
Oats.
1362[see haver-cake]. 14..Nom. in Wr.-Wülcker 726/19 Hec avena, hafyr. 1483Cath. Angl. 178/2 Havyr, auena. 1562W. Bullein Bk. Simples (1579) 29 In the Northe this grayne is called Hauer; the Southern people cal them Otes. 1804R. Anderson Cumberld. Ball. 99, I mun off to deetin havver. 1864Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xii. x. (1872) IV. 218 The hay, straw, barley and haver, were eaten away.
b. = havergrass, oat-grass.
1806J. Galpine Brit. Bot. 40 Wild oat or haver.
c. attrib. and Comb., as haver-bannock, haver-bread, haver-malt, haver-meal, haver-straw. Also haver-cake, -grass.
a1804Mrs. Wheeler Westmld. Dial. (1821) 114 *Havver bannock, cald dumplin, and a potatoe pie.
1466–7MS. Hostill. Roll, Durham, Super le *Hauerbarne infra manerium. 1641Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 52 The furthest roomestead in the haver barne next the East.
c1425Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 657/29 Panis auenacius, *hafyrbred. 1889Baring-Gould Pennycomequicks x. 149 note, In Yorkshire cake is white bread, bread is oat-cake, Haver-bread.
1572Inv. in T. D. Whitaker Craven (1812) 332, lx quart of *haver-malte, at viii s. the quarter. 1624Naworth Househ. Bks. (Surtees) 217, xlj bushells of haver malt.
1785Hutton Bran New Wark ii. 33 A dubbler of *haver-meal.
14..MS. Lincoln A.I. 17. lf. 282 (Halliw.) Take and make lee of *havyre⁓straa. 1820Blackw. Mag. VIII. 154 To hurkle down on a heap o' haver straw.
▪ III. haver, n.3 Sc. and north. dial.
Usually in pl. havers |ˈheɪvəz|. Also haivers.
[Origin unknown.]
Foolish or senseless talk; nonsense.
1787Burns To Gudewife o' Wauchope House, Wi claivers, an' haivers, Wearing the day awa. 1824Scott Redgauntlet Let. x, Dinna deave the gentleman wi' your havers. 1893Crockett Stickit Minister 30 The haivers the twa o' ye talk aboot auld Tam. 1896J. M. Barrie Margaret Ogilvy vii. 141 It's a haver of a book.
▪ IV. haver, v. Chiefly Sc. and north. dial.|ˈheɪvə(r)|
Also haiver.
[Goes with prec.]
1. intr. To talk garrulously and foolishly; to talk nonsense.
1721[see below]. 1816Scott Antiquary xliv, He just havered on about it to make the mair of Sir Arthur. 1825Brockett N.C. Gloss., Haver, Haiver, to talk foolishly, to speak without thought. 1881Chesney Private Secret. II. xix. 148 Hilda shuddered as her father havered on.
2. Orig. Sc. dial. but now in general English use: to hesitate, to be slow in deciding.
1866W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire 73 Haiver, to hesitate and make much ado about anything. 1955J. Bayley In Another Country 75 It was a classic moment for polite havering, but the sensible girl did not haver: he was holding the front door open and she climbed in without more ado. 1957Times 14 Nov. 13/3 No doubt the Government, in deciding to institute an inquiry.., might appear at first sight to have been havering and shifting their ground.
Hence ˈhavering vbl. n. and ppl. a.; ˈhaverer.
1721Ramsay Addr. Town Council Edin. ii, Gleg-eyed friends..Receiv'd it as a dainty prize, For a' it was sae hav'ren. 1809Scott Fam. Lett. 15 Feb. (1894) I. v. 131 A little havering and fun upon the other side of the question. 1822Blackw. Mag. XI. 90 The dull, stupid, superannuated, havering Edinburgh. 1826J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1855 II. 23 Unhappy haverers are they over tumbler or jug.
▪ V. haver
var. hagher a., skilful; obs. f. havier. |