English
Etymology 1
Noun
en-noun

#a movable covering for the mouth and chin on a close helmet.
#:Quotations
#:*1786: 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. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 8.

Etymology 2
Anglo-Norman bever, from Old French beivre �drinking, drink, to drink� (French boire), from Latin bibere.

Pronunciation
(RP): /�bi�v�/, /<tt>"bi:v@</tt>/
(US): b�ʹv�r, /�bi�v�/, /<tt>"bi:v@`</tt>/

Homophones
beaver
Belvoir

Noun
en-noun

1. a drink
2. a snack or light refreshment between meals

#:Quotations
#:*1604:"Thirty meals a day and ten bevers" &mdash; Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus, page 29
#:*1980: �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� � Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers

Synonyms
(drink): drink
(snack): snack

Etymology 3
Verb
bever

1. to shiver

#:Quotations
#:*"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." &mdash; Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte D'Arthur, page 25

Dutch

Noun
bever

#beaver

Category:Dutch nouns
Category:nl:Mammals

Hungarian
Verb
bever

#knock (one�s head)
#drive in (nails)

Etymology
From be- and ver

Category:Hungarian verbs

fr:bever
io:bever
hu:bever
nl:bever
pl:bever
pt:bever
ru:bever

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