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havier|ˈheɪvjə(r)|
Also 7–9 haver, 8–9 havior, -our, 9 heavier.
[Etymology uncertain: the earliest recorded form is haver, which Pegge took as = halver, from half, comparing Latin semimas ‘castrated’. The forms in -ier, -iour, would in this case be corruptions: cf. saviour, haviour.]
A gelded fallow deer. Also attrib.
1676Lady Chaworth in 12th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. v. 33 The finest haver deere..that ever I saw. Ibid., Lady Stanhope..to whom I sent the hanch of the haver. 1796Pegge Anonym. iv. xlii. (1809) 152 A Halfer..means a male Fallow-deer gelded..Those that pronounce half, hâfe, say hàver; and those that speak half with a open, say hauver: but many, through ignorance of the etymon, will call it havior, which is very absurd. 1803Ann. Agric. XXXIX. 556. 1829 Sporting Mag. XXIII. 369 It has been known for a havier to be hunted three times a season for ten years. 1850Ld. Braybrooke in N. & Q. 1st Ser. I. 230/1 The word Havior, by which all park-keepers denote an emasculated male deer..Never having seen the word written or printed, I am guided, in attempting to spell it, by the usual pronunciation. 1891Field 7 Mar. 332/1 A poll havier has no antlers, nor even the stumps, because he was added to the list in his infancy. |