claver

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"Hoots wi 'y'r giddy claver," said he, before I had spoken a word; and walking off, he sat down at some distance.

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  1. intransitive verb To gossip or talk idly.
  2. noun Gossip; idle talk.

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  • At the same moment Mr. Sutherland did the most chivalrous thing I have seen in homespun or broadcloth Hoots wi' y'r giddy claver," said he, before I had spoken a word; and walking off, he sat down at some distance Thereupon his daughter laughed merrily with a whole quiver of dangerous archery about her lips That is the nearest to an untruth I have ever heard him tell," she said, which mightily relieved my embarrassment Why did he say that?" —  Lords of the North
  • Such a claver as there was, to be sure, when Tom and the Harrisons met! —  Viking Boys
  • Dinna claver in that feckless fashion! —  Lords of the North
  • An 'ye claver sic' nonsense when ye're daft, what would ye say when ye're sane? —  Lords of the North
  • "Hoots wi 'y'r giddy claver," said he, before I had spoken a word; and walking off, he sat down at some distance. —  Lords of the North
 

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  1. Perhaps of Celtic origin.

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  1. = Scots clever, from Middle English claveren = Dutch klaveren, kleveren = Low German klauern = Danish klavre; cf. Icelandic klifra, clamber, from klifa, climb: see clive, and cf. climb.
  2. Cf. clatter in same sense.
  3. from claver, v.
 

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/ˈkleɪvər/
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