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▪ I. stiver, n.|ˈstaɪvə(r)|
Forms: 6 stufer, stuver, styfer, stever, 6–8 styver, 8 stuyver, 9 stuiver, 6– stiver.
[a. Du. stuiver, (M)LG. stüver, whence mod.G. stüber, Da. styver, Sw. styfver. Of obscure origin: etymologists connect it with LG. stūf stumpy, cut short.]
1. Hist. A small coin (originally silver) of the Low Countries; applied to the nickel piece of 5 cents of the Netherlands (one-twentieth of a florin or gulden, or about a penny English).
1502in Lett. & Papers Rich. III & Hen. VII (Rolls) II. 111 The crowne..is valued at xxxvti stufers and an di. and xij. grotes sterlinge maketh only xxxti stufers. 1527E. Lee in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. iii. II. 94 Doble ducats, single ducats,..stufers, and black monaye. 1535Joye Apol. Tindale 22 The printer came to me agen and offred me ij stuuers and an halfe. 1543Recorde Gr. Artes K iij b, A single stiuer is 1 d, ob, q. The double stiuer is 3 d, q. 1547Boorde Introd. Knowl. xi. (1870) 153 A gelder areris is worth .xxiii. steuers: .xxiii. steuers is worth .iii. s. 1585Higins Junius' Nomencl. 329/2 Fortie stiuers of Dutch coyne, which maketh a Noble of our monie: or a summe much thereabouts. 1697W. Dampier Voy. (1729) II. i. 162 Some of them keep Tea-houses, where for a Stiver, a Man has near a Pint of Tea. 1756M. Calderwood in Coltness Collect. (Maitl. Club) 133 A stiver is rather more than our penny. 1838Murray's Handbk. N. Germ. 4 The towing horse is ridden by a lad..who receives a few cents at each stage; and is well paid with a stiver. 1839W. Chambers Tour Holland etc. 27/1 The [school] fee is one cent. a-day, or the fifth part of a stiver, which is less than an English farthing.
2. Used (like penny) as a type of a coin of small value, or of a small amount of money; occas. a small quantity of anything, a ‘bit’. not a stiver = nothing.
1622Fletcher Beggars' Bush i. ii, Set him free And you shall have your money to a Stiver. 1766Goldsm. Vic. W. xxxi, As for that lady's fortune, sir, you shall never touch a single stiver of it. 1822Byron Werner i. i. 409 He has not a stiver. 1842Browning Pied Piper x, With him I proved no bargain-driver, With you, don't think I'll bate a stiver! 1872Calverley Fly Leaves 38, I come,..nor care a stiver; For trades are brisk and trades are slow, But mine goes on for ever. 1883Olive Schreiner Afr. Farm i. ix, That boy Waldo..has not done a stiver of work all day. 1909Blackw. Mag. Nov. 672/7 They didn't care a stiver if my head was blown off.
3. attrib. and Comb., as † stiver style; † stiver cramped a., short of money.
1649J. Jephson in Lovelace's Lucasta To Author a 4 b, Though som thy prayse in rich stiles sing, I may In stiver stile write Love as well as they. 1785Grose Dict. Vulgar T., Stiver cramped, needy, wanting money.
Hence ˈstiverless a., without a stiver; penniless.
1839J. P. Kennedy Rob of Bowl xvii. (1860) 208 You go abroad unattended, stiverless.
▪ II. stiver, v. dial.|ˈstɪvə(r)|
[f. ME. stive stiff a. + -er5.]
1. intr. To stand stiff. Chiefly of the hair, etc.: to bristle, become rough, stand on end.
1790Grose Prov. Gloss. (ed. 2), Stivering or Stubvering up against, standing stiff. West.
2. trans. To ruffle (the hair); to make it bristle or stand on end. Also with up.
1886, etc. in Eng. Dial. Dict. 1924Galsworthy White Monkey i. viii. 61 Michael stivered his hair. 1926― Silver Spoon i. v. 34 Michael stivered up his hair.
Hence ˈstivered ppl. a., ˈstivering ppl. a. Also ˈstivery a., bristly, rough.
1832Blackw. Mag. XXXI. 592 His tail he tuck'd into his pantaloons, With a Brutus, all stivering and hairy. a1855A. Crosse Memorials (1857) 124, I saw that her hair was stivered; the cat was evidently ill. 1889Reports Provinc., Devon (E.D.D.), The birds look big in winter with their feathers all stivered out. 1892S. Hewett Peasant Speech (E.D.D.), Didee iver zec sich a stivery head as 'er 'th agot? 'Er lüketh 's-of 'er'd been drawed drii a brimbly 'ādge back'ards. 1918Galsworthy Five Tales 127 He looked like a stuffed man..sitting there, with..his stivered hair. 1928― Swan Song i. iii. 19 Dabbing at his hair, bright and stivery, he straightened his tie and ran down. 1939N. Marsh Overture to Death v. 58 The stivered grass was washed with colour, and before him his own attenuated shadow appeared. |