† ˈjaver, v. Obs. exc. dial.
Also 5 chauer, 9 javver.
[app. onomatopœic: cf. jabber v.]
intr. = jabber v. 1.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 80/2 Clenchyn a-ȝen or chaueryn a-ȝen, for prowde herte, obgarrio. Ibid. 257/1 Iangelyn or iaveryn a-ȝen, þat ys clepyd clenchyng a-ȝen, oggarrio. [See also jabber v. 1.] 1839 A. Bywater Sheffield Dial. (1877) 98 To bawl to t' Orishmen, or javver abaht chetch rates. 1876 Mid. Yorksh. Gloss., Javver. [In various Yorkshire dialects, in sense To talk idly, garrulously, or noisily.] |
Hence javer, javver n. (dial.)
| 1869 Lonsdale Gloss., Javver, idle talk. 1876 Mid. Yorksh. Gloss., Javver, bold, assuming talk. 1876 Whitby Gloss., Javver, ‘jaw’ or talk; impudence. |