Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1929
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‡TAIVER, v.3 1. To eat sparingly and without appetite, to toy with one's food, to be faddy about eating.Ork. 1929 Marw.:
He was just taiveran wi' his meat.
2. Of a bird; to forsake its nest and eggs (Ib.).
[Norw. dial. te(i)vra, teira, = 1. 2., if not a different word, may be due to assimilation from Tarrow, which has sim. meanings.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
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