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bever

noun
/ˈbiːvə/UK/ˈbivɚ/US

Etymology

* As a Dutch and north/Low German surname, from the noun bever (“beaver”). * As an English surname, variant of Beaver.

  1. derived from bibō
  2. derived from bever
  3. inherited from bever

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of bevor.

    • And, passing forward with furious affret, / Pierst through his bever and quite into his brow.

  2. A drink.

    • Bid my subsiser carry my hackney to the buttery, and give him his bever; it is a civil and sober beast, and will drink moderately.

  3. A snack or light refreshment between meals.

    • It seemeth that wee daily shorten the use of this, and that in our houses (as I have seene in mine infancie) breakfasts, nunchions, and beavers [translating collations] should be more frequent and often used than now adayes they are.
    • Thirty meals a day and ten bevers.
    • Very softly I boiled water, made a sandwich from the remains of the luncheon roast chicken, scalded the Twining creature. Then I softly carried my bever to the study on a tray[…].
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A time for drinking.

    2. A mixture of cider and water.

    3. To take a light repast between meals.

    4. Obsolete spelling of beaver (“semiaquatic rodent”).

    5. A surname.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA