haver

Noun, Verb (intransitive)

hav=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

haver, n.

A possessor; a holder. Shak. [1913 Webster]

haver, n. [D. haver; akin to G. haber.].

The oat; oats. [1913 Webster]

Haver bread, oaten bread. -- Haver cake, oaten cake. Piers Plowman. -- Haver grass, the wild oat. -- Haver meal, oatmeal.

haver, v. i. [Etymol. uncertain.].

To maunder; to talk foolishly; to chatter. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

haver, v. & n.
--v.intr. Brit.
1 talk foolishly; babble.
2 vacillate, hesitate.
--n. (usu. in pl.) Sc. foolish talk; nonsense.

Etymology

18th c.: orig. unkn.