stivern.

Brit.

/ˈstʌɪvə/, U.S.

/ˈstaɪvər/

Forms: 1500s stufer, stufre, stuver, styfer, stever, 1500s–1700s styver, 1700s stuyver, 1800s stuiver, 1500s– stiver.

Etymology: < Dutch stuiver, (Middle) Low German stüver, whence modern German stüber, Danish styver, Swedish styfver. Of obscure origin: etymologists connect it with Low German stūf stumpy, cut short.

1. Historical. A small coin (originally silver) of the Low Countries; applied to the nickel piece of 5 cents of the Netherlands (one-twentieth of a florin or gulden, or about a penny English).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Dutch coins

seskyn1413

dodkin1415

plackc1470

Rhenish1479

Utrecht1493

Utrecht noble1494

stiver1502

doit1594

stooter1598

doublejee1707

double shilling1744

William1836

steever1892

1502 C. Somerset & W. Warham Let. 17 May in J. Gairdner Lett. Reigns of Richard III & Henry VII (1863) II. 111 The crowne..is valued at xxxv^ti stufers and an di. and xij. grotes sterlinge maketh only xxx^ti stufers.

1527 E. Lee in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. II. 94 Doble ducats, single ducats,..stufers, and black monaye.

1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale 22 The printer came to me agen and offred me ij stuuers and an halfe.

1543 R. Record Ground of Artes K iij b A single stiuer is 1 d, ob, q. The double stiuer is 3 d, q.

1548 in Acts Privy Council (1890) II. 159 Every floryne valued at xx Flemmisshe stufres.

a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) 153 A gelder areris is worth .xxiii. steuers: .xxiii. steuers is worth .iii. s.

1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 329/2 Fortie stiuers of Dutch coyne, which maketh a Noble of our monie: or a summe much thereabouts.

1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. viii. 162 Some of them keep Tea-houses, where for a Stiver a man has near a pint of Tea.

1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) ii. 59 A stiver is rather more than our penny.

1836 J. Murray Hand-bk. for Travellers on Continent 4 The towing horse is ridden by a lad..who receives a few cents at each stage; a stiver will be considered handsome pay.

1839 W. Chambers Tour Holland 27/1 The [school] fee is one cent. a-day, or the fifth part of a stiver, which is less than an English farthing.

2. Used (like penny) as a type of a coin of small value, or of a small amount of money; occasionally a small quantity of anything, a ‘bit’. not a stiver = nothing.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > small sum > coin as type of

pennya1225

sumc1300

mitea1375

minutec1384

groat1513

souse1570

widow's mite1572

stivera1640

brass farthing1642

shilling1737

rap1778

skilligalee1834

skillick1835

steever1892

razoo1919

a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush i. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Kk3/2 Set him free, And you shall have your money to a Stiver.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. xii. 204 As for that lady's fortune, Sir, you shall never touch a single stiver of it.

1822 Ld. Byron Werner i. i. 409 He has not a stiver.

1842 R. Browning Pied Piper of Hamelin in Bells & Pomegranates No. III: Dramatic Lyrics x With him I proved no bargain-driver, With you, don't think I'll bate a stiver!

1872 C. S. Calverley Fly Leaves 38 I come,..nor care a stiver; For trades are brisk and trades are slow, But mine goes on for ever.

1883 O. Schreiner Story Afr. Farm i. ix That boy Waldo..has not done a stiver of work all day.

1909 Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 672/7 They didn't care a stiver if my head was blown off.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations, as †stiver style.

ΚΠ

1649 J. Jephson in Lucasta To Author sig. a4^v Though som thy prayse in rich stiles sing, I may In stiver stile write Love as well as they.

C2.

† stiver cramped adj. Obsolete short of money.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor > lacking money

to the boneOE

silverlessc1325

pennilessc1330

moneylessc1400

impecunious1596

crossless1600

penceless1605

unmoneyed1606

coinless1614

emptya1643

out of pocket1679

money-bound1710

broke1716

embarrassed1744

stiver cramped1785

plackless1786

taper1789

poundlessa1794

shillingless1797

unpennied1804

fundless1809

impecuniary1814

hard up1821

soldier-thighed1825

cashless1833

stiverless1839

fly-blown1853

strapped1857

stick1859

tight1859

stone-broke1886

stony1886

oofless1888

stony-broke1890

motherless1906

penny-pinched1918

skinned1924

skint1925

on the beach1935

potless1936

boracic1959

uptight1967

brassic1982

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Stiver cramped, needy, wanting money.

Derivatives

ˈstiverless adj. without a stiver; penniless.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor > lacking money

to the boneOE

silverlessc1325

pennilessc1330

moneylessc1400

impecunious1596

crossless1600

penceless1605

unmoneyed1606

coinless1614

emptya1643

out of pocket1679

money-bound1710

broke1716

embarrassed1744

stiver cramped1785

plackless1786

taper1789

poundlessa1794

shillingless1797

unpennied1804

fundless1809

impecuniary1814

hard up1821

soldier-thighed1825

cashless1833

stiverless1839

fly-blown1853

strapped1857

stick1859

tight1859

stone-broke1886

stony1886

oofless1888

stony-broke1890

motherless1906

penny-pinched1918

skinned1924

skint1925

on the beach1935

potless1936

boracic1959

uptight1967

brassic1982

1839 J. P. Kennedy Rob of Bowl (1860) xvii. 208 You go abroad unattended, stiverless.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

stiverv.

/ˈstɪvə/

Etymology: < Middle English stive stiff adj. + -er suffix⁵.

dialect.

1. intransitive. To stand stiff. Chiefly of the hair, etc.: to bristle, become rough, stand on end.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > hair > horripilation > [verb (intransitive)]

bristle1480

to stick upa1500

to stand or start widdershins1513

upstart1513

starta1522

stare?1523

to start up1553

rousea1616

horripilate1623

stiver1790

uprise1827

upstare1886

1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Stivering or Stubvering up against, standing stiff. West.

2. transitive. To ruffle (the hair); to make it bristle or stand on end. Also with up.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > hair > horripilation > [verb (transitive)]

bristlea1616

frizz1791

to bolt upright1794

stiver1886

the world > space > shape > unevenness > make uneven [verb (transitive)] > make rough > ruffle

ruffle1530

fruz1873

stiver1886

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > beautify (the hair) [verb (transitive)] > arrange

truss1340

flarec1550

puff1884

stiver1886

scrape1926

scrag1937

1886 , etc. in Eng. Dial. Dict.

1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey i. viii. 61 Michael stivered his hair.

1926 J. Galsworthy Silver Spoon i. v. 34 Michael stivered up his hair.

Derivatives

ˈstivered adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > hair > horripilation > [adjective]

staring1578

upstaring1590

upstart1590

upstarted1602

bristling1607

erected1610

starting1680

horrent1744

horripilant1837

stivereda1855

erect1870

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [adjective] > in a specific style

Frenched1762

stivereda1855

roached1856

wisped1922

marcel-waved1923

windswept1931

picky1935

Jesus1938

upswept1938

swept-up1948

bouffant1955

headphone1965

scraped-back1970

a1855 A. Crosse Memorials (1857) 124 I saw that her hair was stivered; the cat was evidently ill.

1889 Reports Provinces, Devon (E.D.D.) The birds look big in winter with their feathers all stivered out.

1918 J. Galsworthy Five Tales 127 He looked like a stuffed man..sitting there, with..his stivered hair.

1939 N. Marsh Overture to Death v. 58 The stivered grass was washed with colour, and before him his own attenuated shadow appeared.

ˈstivering adj.

ΚΠ

1832 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 31 592 His tail he tuck'd into his pantaloons, With a Brutus, all stivering and hairy.

ˈstivery adj. bristly, rough.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > sharp unevenness > [adjective] > having (a) sharp projection(s) > having points like prickles or bristles

sharpc1000

prickling1567

prickly1577

prickled1578

thistly1605

pricklish1698

spicated1703

bristled1794

thistlish1858

stivery1892

burred1906

1892 S. Hewett Peasant Speech Devon 55 Didee iver zee sich a stivery head as 'er'th agot. 'Er lüketh 's-of 'er'd been drawed drü a brimbly 'ādge back'ards.

1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song i. iii. 19 Dabbing at his hair, bright and stivery, he straightened his tie and ran down.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	stiver
释义	stivern. Brit. /ˈstʌɪvə/, U.S. /ˈstaɪvər/ Forms: 1500s stufer, stufre, stuver, styfer, stever, 1500s–1700s styver, 1700s stuyver, 1800s stuiver, 1500s– stiver. Etymology: < Dutch stuiver, (Middle) Low German stüver, whence modern German stüber, Danish styver, Swedish styfver. Of obscure origin: etymologists connect it with Low German stūf stumpy, cut short. 1. Historical. A small coin (originally silver) of the Low Countries; applied to the nickel piece of 5 cents of the Netherlands (one-twentieth of a florin or gulden, or about a penny English). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Dutch coins seskyn1413 dodkin1415 plackc1470 Rhenish1479 Utrecht1493 Utrecht noble1494 stiver1502 doit1594 stooter1598 doublejee1707 double shilling1744 William1836 steever1892 1502 C. Somerset & W. Warham Let. 17 May in J. Gairdner Lett. Reigns of Richard III & Henry VII (1863) II. 111 The crowne..is valued at xxxv^ti stufers and an di. and xij. grotes sterlinge maketh only xxx^ti stufers. 1527 E. Lee in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. II. 94 Doble ducats, single ducats,..stufers, and black monaye. 1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale 22 The printer came to me agen and offred me ij stuuers and an halfe. 1543 R. Record Ground of Artes K iij b A single stiuer is 1 d, ob, q. The double stiuer is 3 d, q. 1548 in Acts Privy Council (1890) II. 159 Every floryne valued at xx Flemmisshe stufres. a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) 153 A gelder areris is worth .xxiii. steuers: .xxiii. steuers is worth .iii. s. 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 329/2 Fortie stiuers of Dutch coyne, which maketh a Noble of our monie: or a summe much thereabouts. 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. viii. 162 Some of them keep Tea-houses, where for a Stiver a man has near a pint of Tea. 1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) ii. 59 A stiver is rather more than our penny. 1836 J. Murray Hand-bk. for Travellers on Continent 4 The towing horse is ridden by a lad..who receives a few cents at each stage; a stiver will be considered handsome pay. 1839 W. Chambers Tour Holland 27/1 The [school] fee is one cent. a-day, or the fifth part of a stiver, which is less than an English farthing. 2. Used (like penny) as a type of a coin of small value, or of a small amount of money; occasionally a small quantity of anything, a ‘bit’. not a stiver = nothing. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > small sum > coin as type of pennya1225 sumc1300 mitea1375 minutec1384 groat1513 souse1570 widow's mite1572 stivera1640 brass farthing1642 shilling1737 rap1778 skilligalee1834 skillick1835 steever1892 razoo1919 a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush i. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Kk3/2 Set him free, And you shall have your money to a Stiver. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. xii. 204 As for that lady's fortune, Sir, you shall never touch a single stiver of it. 1822 Ld. Byron Werner i. i. 409 He has not a stiver. 1842 R. Browning Pied Piper of Hamelin in Bells & Pomegranates No. III: Dramatic Lyrics x With him I proved no bargain-driver, With you, don't think I'll bate a stiver! 1872 C. S. Calverley Fly Leaves 38 I come,..nor care a stiver; For trades are brisk and trades are slow, But mine goes on for ever. 1883 O. Schreiner Story Afr. Farm i. ix That boy Waldo..has not done a stiver of work all day. 1909 Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 672/7 They didn't care a stiver if my head was blown off. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as †stiver style. ΚΠ 1649 J. Jephson in Lucasta To Author sig. a4^v Though som thy prayse in rich stiles sing, I may In stiver stile write Love as well as they. C2. † stiver cramped adj. Obsolete short of money. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor > lacking money to the boneOE silverlessc1325 pennilessc1330 moneylessc1400 impecunious1596 crossless1600 penceless1605 unmoneyed1606 coinless1614 emptya1643 out of pocket1679 money-bound1710 broke1716 embarrassed1744 stiver cramped1785 plackless1786 taper1789 poundlessa1794 shillingless1797 unpennied1804 fundless1809 impecuniary1814 hard up1821 soldier-thighed1825 cashless1833 stiverless1839 fly-blown1853 strapped1857 stick1859 tight1859 stone-broke1886 stony1886 oofless1888 stony-broke1890 motherless1906 penny-pinched1918 skinned1924 skint1925 on the beach1935 potless1936 boracic1959 uptight1967 brassic1982 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Stiver cramped, needy, wanting money. Derivatives ˈstiverless adj. without a stiver; penniless. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor > lacking money to the boneOE silverlessc1325 pennilessc1330 moneylessc1400 impecunious1596 crossless1600 penceless1605 unmoneyed1606 coinless1614 emptya1643 out of pocket1679 money-bound1710 broke1716 embarrassed1744 stiver cramped1785 plackless1786 taper1789 poundlessa1794 shillingless1797 unpennied1804 fundless1809 impecuniary1814 hard up1821 soldier-thighed1825 cashless1833 stiverless1839 fly-blown1853 strapped1857 stick1859 tight1859 stone-broke1886 stony1886 oofless1888 stony-broke1890 motherless1906 penny-pinched1918 skinned1924 skint1925 on the beach1935 potless1936 boracic1959 uptight1967 brassic1982 1839 J. P. Kennedy Rob of Bowl (1860) xvii. 208 You go abroad unattended, stiverless. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022). stiverv. /ˈstɪvə/ Etymology: < Middle English stive stiff adj. + -er suffix⁵. dialect. 1. intransitive. To stand stiff. Chiefly of the hair, etc.: to bristle, become rough, stand on end. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > horripilation > [verb (intransitive)] bristle1480 to stick upa1500 to stand or start widdershins1513 upstart1513 starta1522 stare?1523 to start up1553 rousea1616 horripilate1623 stiver1790 uprise1827 upstare1886 1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Stivering or Stubvering up against, standing stiff. West. 2. transitive. To ruffle (the hair); to make it bristle or stand on end. Also with up. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > horripilation > [verb (transitive)] bristlea1616 frizz1791 to bolt upright1794 stiver1886 the world > space > shape > unevenness > make uneven [verb (transitive)] > make rough > ruffle ruffle1530 fruz1873 stiver1886 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > beautify (the hair) [verb (transitive)] > arrange truss1340 flarec1550 puff1884 stiver1886 scrape1926 scrag1937 1886 , etc. in Eng. Dial. Dict. 1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey i. viii. 61 Michael stivered his hair. 1926 J. Galsworthy Silver Spoon i. v. 34 Michael stivered up his hair. Derivatives ˈstivered adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > horripilation > [adjective] staring1578 upstaring1590 upstart1590 upstarted1602 bristling1607 erected1610 starting1680 horrent1744 horripilant1837 stivereda1855 erect1870 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [adjective] > in a specific style Frenched1762 stivereda1855 roached1856 wisped1922 marcel-waved1923 windswept1931 picky1935 Jesus1938 upswept1938 swept-up1948 bouffant1955 headphone1965 scraped-back1970 a1855 A. Crosse Memorials (1857) 124 I saw that her hair was stivered; the cat was evidently ill. 1889 Reports Provinces, Devon (E.D.D.) The birds look big in winter with their feathers all stivered out. 1918 J. Galsworthy Five Tales 127 He looked like a stuffed man..sitting there, with..his stivered hair. 1939 N. Marsh Overture to Death v. 58 The stivered grass was washed with colour, and before him his own attenuated shadow appeared. ˈstivering adj. ΚΠ 1832 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 31 592 His tail he tuck'd into his pantaloons, With a Brutus, all stivering and hairy. ˈstivery adj. bristly, rough. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > sharp unevenness > [adjective] > having (a) sharp projection(s) > having points like prickles or bristles sharpc1000 prickling1567 prickly1577 prickled1578 thistly1605 pricklish1698 spicated1703 bristled1794 thistlish1858 stivery1892 burred1906 1892 S. Hewett Peasant Speech Devon 55 Didee iver zee sich a stivery head as 'er'th agot. 'Er lüketh 's-of 'er'd been drawed drü a brimbly 'ādge back'ards. 1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song i. iii. 19 Dabbing at his hair, bright and stivery, he straightened his tie and ran down. 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