wha(u)ve, v. dial.
(hwɔːv)
Also 7 whoave, 9 wauve.
[ad. ON. hvalfa, holfa: see whelve.]
1. trans. To turn upside down; to turn (pottery) when drying.
| 1611 Cotgr. s.v. Dent, Mettre vn pot &c. à dents, to turne it vpside-down, to whauve it with the mouth downewards. 1686 Plot Staffordsh. 123 When the Potter has wrought the clay either into hollow or flat ware, they are set abroad to dry..turning them as they see occasion, which they call whaving. |
2. a. trans. To cover over. b. intr. To hang over.
| 1674 Ray N.C. Words, To Whoave; Chesh. to cover or whelm over. We will not kill but whoave. Prov. Chesh. ab A.S. Hwolf, Hwalf, a covering or canopy; Verb. Hwalfian, camerare, fornicare. 1828 Craven Gloss., Whauve,..to whelm. 1847 Halliwell, Whave, to cover, or hang over. |
Hence whauve n., (a) techn. the amount of the dish (dish n. 5) of a wheel; (b) dial. the arched covering of turf over a grave (Shropsh. Word-bk.); ˈwhaver (in quoits: see quot. 1818).
| 1674 Whaver [see riner]. 1818 Wilbraham Gloss. Cheshire 25 in Archæologia XIX, A Riner is when the Quoit touches the peg or mark. A whaver is when it rests upon the peg, and hangs over. 1869 Eng. Mech. 31 Dec. 389/3 Add to this twice the wauve (dish) of the wheels, i.e. 5 in. |