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Meaning of CALVER

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Cal"ver\ (k[a^]l"v[~e]r), v. i.
    1. To cut in slices and pickle, as salmon. [Obs.]
             For a change, leave calvered salmon and eat sprats.
                                                   --Massinger.
    2. To crimp; as, calvered salmon. --Nares.
    
  2. \Cal"ver\, v. i.
    To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered; as, grayling's
    flesh will calver. --Catton.
    
 
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