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tiver.

A kind of ochre used for marking sheep in some parts of England.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtɪvə/Received-Pronunciation
  1. A kind of ochre used for marking sheep in some parts of England.

Where this word comes from

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”).

verb
  1. To mark with tiver, as sheep.

    England · regional · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English *teveren, from Old English tēofrian, *tīefran (“to mark in red or purple, colour; depict, portray”), from tēafor as above.

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