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calver
UK /ˈkɑːvə/ US /ˈkævɚ/
noun 2verb 2name 2adj 1
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2CALVER + NOUN
salmon
ADV.
easily
Definitions
noun
1
A cow that produces young.
adj
1
Of salmon: freshly caught.
calver salmon
verb
1
To cut into slices and pickle.
My foot-boy shall eat pheasants, calvered salmons, / Knots, godwits, lampreys: I myself will have / The beards of barbels, served instead of salads […]
Great lords sometimes / For change leave calver'd salmon and eat sprats.
2
To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered.
[A Grayling's] flesh will so easily calver that […][it] is very good meat at all times.
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calver salmon
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My foot-boy shall eat pheasants, calvered salmons, / Knots, godwits, lampreys: I myself will have / The beards of barbels, served instead of salads […]
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Great lords sometimes / For change leave calver'd salmon and eat sprats.
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[A Grayling's] flesh will so easily calver that […][it] is very good meat at all times.
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