English Explanatory Dictionary

tiver

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of ochre used for marking sheep in some parts of England.
verb
  1. To mark with tiver, as sheep.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɪvə/

Word forms

tiver tivers tivering tivered

Etymology

From Middle English *tever, teapor, teafur, from Old English tēafor (“red, red lead, vermilion, purple; a material used in making salve; pigment, salve”), from Proto-West Germanic *taubr, from Proto-Germanic *taubrą (“magic, sorcery”). Cognate with Dutch toverij (“sorcery, witchcraft”), German Zauber (“magic”), Icelandic töfrar (“magic, spells”).

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