▪ I. taver, n. Sc.
(ˈteɪvə(r))
Also 9 taiver.
[app. of Norse origin: cf. Norw. tave clout, rag, any torn piece of stuff, Da. tave fibre, filament of tow, wool, etc.]
A mere shred or filament; a ‘rag’ (of meat).
| 1808 Jamieson, Taivers, s. pl. tatters; as, boiled to taivers, Fife. 1819 Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 15 Sorrow gin Paip was boil'd to taivers, And I'd a platefu' o' the bree! 1822 Galt Steam-boat xii. 288 They don't know how to cook yonder..they boil the meat to tavers. |
▪ II. taver, v. Sc.
(ˈteɪvə(r))
Also 9 taiver.
[freq. of tave v.]
intr. To wander vaguely or aimlessly; to wander mentally, to talk incoherently as one delirious; to talk idly and foolishly. Hence ˈtavering vbl. n. and ppl. a., wandering, etc.; ˈtavert ppl. a., fatigued or exhausted with wandering, or with toil or struggle; incoherent, confused, stupefied, stupid; also ˈtaversome a., fatiguing, exhausting.
| 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) III. 420 Fra hill to hill rynnand as tha war hyrit, In mure and mos so tavert war and tyrit. a 1598 Rollock Serm. Wks. 1849 I. 435 He callis our warkis tavering, going out of the way. Ibid. 436 His actiounis ar taverings, all wandring out of the way. [So ed. 1599; ed. 1616 wauering, wauerings.] 1808–18 Jamieson, Taiver, to wander;..to rave as mad... Taiversum, tiresome, fatiguing. Taivert. 1822 Galt Sir A. Wylie xxx, Ye wouldna hae me..to sit till I'm taver't?.. I fin' the wine rinnin in my head already. 1823 ― Entail xviii, I would na trust the hair o' a dog to the judgment o' that tavert bodie, Gibby Omit. 1887 J. Service Dr. Duguid xxii, The taivert tenets of the Antiburgher Kirk. |