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countable and uncountable, plural clavers
(UK, Scotland, dialect) Frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chatter. quotations examples
Emmy found herself entirely at a loss in the midst of their clavers.
1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 26, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848
third-person singular simple present clavers, present participle clavering, simple past and past participle clavered
(UK, Scotland, dialect) To gossip or chit-chat. examples
uncountable
Obsolete form of clover. quotations examples
He Raine upon her [the Earth's] boſom poures; / His ſvvelling clouds abound vvith ſhoures: / […] / The Deſert with ſvveet claver fills; / And richly ſhades the joyfull Hills.
1636, G[eorge] S[andys], “[A Paraphrase upon the Second Booke of the Psalmes of David.] Psalme LXV.”, in A Paraphrase upon the Psalmes of David. And upon the Hymnes Dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments, London: [Andrew Hebb […]], page 101