Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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†HAIVER, n.2 A castrated he-goat (Lnk. 1825 Jam.). Also in Cum. dial. hever. Commonly in dim. and deriv. forms haverel (Sc. 1808 J. Walker Nat. Hist. Essays 509; e.Lth., Lnk. 1825 Jam., Dwn. 1931 North. Whig (2 Dec.) 5), haivrel (Lnk. 1825 Jam.); haveron (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 256, “a year old”); heburn, hebrun (Lth. 1825 Jam., “of three years old”). Cf. Aiver, n.2, id.
