† quavivern.

Forms: 1500s quaviuer, 1600s quauier, 1600s quauiuer, 1600s quawiuer, 1600s–1700s quaviver.

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by compounding. Or (ii) a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: an element of unknown origin, viver n.²; French vivre.

Etymology: Probably < a first element of unknown origin + either viver n.² (although this is first attested later) or its etymon Middle French vivre. Compare weever n.It has been suggested that the first element is aqua n.¹ or one of its cognates, but this seems unlikely.

Obsolete.

A dragonet fish (genus Callionymus).

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Callionymoidei (dragonets) > member of genus Callionymus (dragonet)

sea-dragon1551

quaviver1589

sculpin1672

sea spider1672

dracunculus1752

dragonet1769

dragon fish1769

1589 J. Rider Bibliotheca Scholastica 1723 A quaviuer, a kind of sea fish, araneus dracæna.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Traigne, the sea Dragon, Viuer, Quauiuer.

1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xviii. 166 Quawiuers [printed Quawiners] (for so the Scots and Northern English term them) are very subtile and crafty fishes.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Fish Your Quavivers or Perches must be boiled in Water with Salt.

1792 J. Hamilton Culpeper's Eng. Family Physician II. 179 Wormwood and vinegar are an antidote..to the biting of a shrew, and of the sea-fish called Draco marinus, or quaviver.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	quaviver
释义	† quavivern. Forms: 1500s quaviuer, 1600s quauier, 1600s quauiuer, 1600s quawiuer, 1600s–1700s quaviver. Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by compounding. Or (ii) a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: an element of unknown origin, viver n.²; French vivre. Etymology: Probably < a first element of unknown origin + either viver n.² (although this is first attested later) or its etymon Middle French vivre. Compare weever n.It has been suggested that the first element is aqua n.¹ or one of its cognates, but this seems unlikely. Obsolete. A dragonet fish (genus Callionymus). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Callionymoidei (dragonets) > member of genus Callionymus (dragonet) sea-dragon1551 quaviver1589 sculpin1672 sea spider1672 dracunculus1752 dragonet1769 dragon fish1769 1589 J. Rider Bibliotheca Scholastica 1723 A quaviuer, a kind of sea fish, araneus dracæna. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Traigne, the sea Dragon, Viuer, Quauiuer. 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xviii. 166 Quawiuers [printed Quawiners] (for so the Scots and Northern English term them) are very subtile and crafty fishes. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Fish Your Quavivers or Perches must be boiled in Water with Salt. 1792 J. Hamilton Culpeper's Eng. Family Physician II. 179 Wormwood and vinegar are an antidote..to the biting of a shrew, and of the sea-fish called Draco marinus, or quaviver. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1589
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