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† quaviver Obs. Also 7 quaui(u)er, quawiuer. [app. f. viver; the first element is obscure.] The fish called sea-dragon or dragonet.
1589Rider Bibl. Scholast. 1723 A quaviuer, a kind of sea fish, araneus dracæna. 1611Cotgr., Traigne, the sea Dragon, Viuer, Quauiuer. 1655Moufet & Bennet Health's Improv. (1746) 258 Quawiuers, for so the Scots and Northern English term them, are very subtile and crafty Fishes. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Fish, Your Quavivers or Perches must be boiled in Water with Salt. 1783Ainsworth Lat. Dict. (Morell) 11, Draco,..a fish called a quaviver. |