tiver

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UK/ˈtɪvə/

noun

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

OriginMiddle English *tever ← Old English tēafor ← Proto-West Germanic *taubr →
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Meanings

tiver1

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

tiver2

verbtiver (third-person singular simple present tivers, present participle tivering, simple past and past participle tivered)

present singular third person tivers · participle present tivering · participle past tivered · past tivered

  1. EnglandregionaltransitiveTo mark with tiver, as sheep.

Origin

tiver · noun

  1. Proto-Germanic*taubrą“magic, sorcery”
  2. Proto-West Germanic*taubr
  3. Old Englishtēafor“red, red lead, vermilion, purple; a material used in making salve; pigment, salve”
  4. Middle English*tever
  5. Englishtiver

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”).

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tiver · verb

  1. Old Englishtēofrian
  2. Middle English*teveren
  3. Englishtiver

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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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with tiver

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Anagrams

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MLA

“tiver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiver. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tiver,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiver.

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