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englanti puhekieltä To tremble; shake; quiver; shiver.
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte DArthur'', page 25:
Wherefore King Ban and King Bors made them ready, and dressed their shields and harness, and they were so courageous that many knights shook and bevered for eagerness.
(alternative spelling of)
1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 8:
Some close helmets have a farther improvement called a bever, the bever when closed covers the mouth and chin, and either lifts up by revolving on the same pivots as the visor, or lets down by means of two or more pivots on each side near the jaws, in which case the bever consists of several laminæ or plates, one shutting over the other.
A drink.
puhekieltä A snack or light refreshment between meals.
(RQ:Flr Mntgn Essay), II.2:
It seemeth that wee daily shorten the use of this, and that in our houses (as I have seene in mine infancie) breakfasts, nunchions, and beavers (transterm) should be more frequent and often used than now adayes they are.
1604, Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus:
Thirty meals a day and ten bevers.
1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers:
Very softly I boiled water, made a sandwich from the remains of the luncheon roast chicken, scalded the Twining creature. Then I softly carried my bever to the study on a tray(nb..).
puhekieltä To take a light repast between meals.
(l)
puhekieltä to knock (into something (hu-case))

(ux)

puhekieltä to drive in ((hu-case))
to drink
a (l) (qualifier)

En bever kan veie opptil 40 kg.

A beaver can weigh up to 40 kg.

a beaver's fur

Kåpen er av bever.

The coat is made of beaver fur.

a 6 to 8 year old member of the :w:Scouting Scouts
beaver (gloss), a roden of the genus Castor, specifically the (l), Castor fiber

Ein bever kan vege opptil 40 kg.

Kåpa er av bever.

a 6 to 8 year old member of the :w:Scouting Scouting
(alternative form of)
beaver (gloss)
puhekieltä to drink

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