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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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(Bever,) Beaver, n.3 [Eng. dial. bever, biver; ME. bever to shake, tremble.] Shaking; trembling, ague. —1662 Crim. Trials III. 609.
Charming for the bean-shaw, … blew beaver, land-feaver [etc.]
