glaver
verb/ˈɡlævə(ɹ)/
Etymology
Of Celtic origin. Compare Welsh glafr (“flattery”).
Definitions
To flatter
To flatter; to wheedle.
- Some slavish, glavering, flattering parasite.
- No doubt the users of hackney-coaches “glavered” on the users of glass-coaches. To glaver, need we say, was to fawn — with words of glozing courtesy, to flatter deceitfully.
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