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craver|ˈkreɪvə(r)|
In 4 -ere, 5 -are, -our.
[f. crave v. + -er.]
†1. An appellant, an accuser. Obs.
a1300E.E. Psalter lxxi. 4 And meke þe cravere so he salle [L. humiliabit calumniatorem].
2. One who asks or begs (favours, gifts, etc.); an importunate or urgent asker; a beggar.
1406Hoccleve La Male Regle 429 As the shamelees crauour wole, it gooth. c1532G. Du Wes Introd. Fr. in Palsgr. 917 Craver, truand. 1548Udall Erasm. Par. Pref. 18 b, Being cravers not of the least importune sort. 1608Shakes. Per. ii. i. 92 But crave? Then I'll turn craver too, and so I shall 'scape whipping. c1660Jovial Crew in Bagford Ball. I. 196 A Craver my Father, a Maunder my Mother. 1838Tait's Mag. V. 502 A levier of taxes, a craver of benevolence.
3. One who longs or earnestly desires.
1849Trench Mirac. Introd. 78 The lovers of, and cravers after, the marvellous. 1883American VII. 154 Cravers for emotional excitement.
†b. Applied app. to the appetite. Obs.
1591Florio 2nd Fruites 49 R. Master, dinner is readie, shall it be set upon the board? S. I pray thee doo so..N. My crauers, as the scots man says, serues me well. |