What does "haver" mean?
Haver: A possessor; a holder. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.The oat; oats. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Haver bread, oaten bread. -- Haver cake, oaten cake. Piers Plowman. -- Haver grass, the wild oat. -- Haver meal, oatmeal.
- 3.To maunder; to talk foolishly; to chatter. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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