Sekirov Dictionary

haver

/ˈheɪvə/

noun 2
verb 2
/ˈhævɚ/ noun 2
forms 4

noun2

(UK, Scotland) The cereal grain of cultivated oats (Avena sativa).
(UK, no longer used) The plant or the grain of common wild oats (Avena fatua).

verb2

•
(UK) To hem and haw.
- This didn't seem at all unlikely, but when I none the less havered, he insisted that his 'Egyptian fortune-teller' had confirmed it. — 1988
•
(Scotland) To talk foolishly; to chatter.
- To business, and no more havers. — 1897

haver

UK /ˈhævə/US /ˈhævɚ/

noun2

•
One who has something (in various senses).
- It is held / That valour is the chiefest virtue, and / Most dignifies the haver: if it be, / The man I speak of cannot in the world / Be singly counterpoised. — 1608
(Scotland) The person who has custody of a document.

forms

havered · havering · havers · haverim

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