tiver

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɪvə/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A kind of ochre used for marking sheep in some parts of England.
动词 v.
  1. To mark with tiver, as sheep. England,regional,transitive

词形变化

tivers present,singular,third-person tivering participle,present tivered participle,past tivered past

词源

词源 1
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”).
词源 2
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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