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noun
A kind of ochre used for marking sheep in some parts of England.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To mark with tiver, as sheep.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: England, regional, transitive
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History
From Middle English *tever, teapor, teafur, from Old English tēafor (“red, red lead, vermilion, purple; a material used in making salve; pigment, salve”), from Proto-West Germanic *taubr, from Proto-Germanic *taubrą (“magic, sorcery”). Cognate with Dutch toverij (“sorcery, witchcraft”), German Zauber (“magic”), Icelandic töfrar (“magic, spells”).
From Middle English *teveren, from Old English tēofrian, *tīefran (“to mark in red or purple, colour; depict, portray”), from tēafor as above.
