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单词 halver
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halvern.1

/ˈhɑːvə/
Forms: Also 1600s halfer.
Etymology: < halve v. + -er suffix1.Pegge in Anonym. iv. xlii. (a1796) proposes halfer as the proper form for havier ‘a castrated fallow deer’; whence in Todd and later Dicts.
1. Obs. One who halves; one who has a half share in anything; a partner.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > fixed proportion dues or taxes > [noun] > tithe > payment of tithes > one who
titherc1405
halver1625
titheman1650
1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem ii. v. 141 If your selves and such Halfers in opinion, omnium horarum homines.
1633 Terrier of Swinton in Notes & Queries (1885) 9 May 366 The inhabitants of Swinton as likewise the lands are partly Wholers and partly Halfers to the Churches or Parsonages of Wath and Mexborough.
1637 S. Rutherford Let. 8 Sept. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) xl. 94 Enough to me..that Christ will have joy & sorrow halfers of the life of the saints.
a1787 J. Brown Sel. Remains (1807) 305 Christ is more than halver with me in this cleanly cross.
2. dial. and U.S. A half-share; esp. in halvers! as an exclamation claiming half of something found. Cf. half n. 7g. Esp. in phr. do by halvers, go halvers (with).
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the mind > possession > sharing > [noun] > a share > a half share
halver1517
1517 Aberdeen Burgh Recds. 24 July (Spalding Club) Scho had ane young swyne in hawfaris betuix hir and Ellene Crippill.
1816 Scott Antiquary II. viii. 223 The beggar exclaimed, like a Scotch school-boy when he finds any thing, ‘Nae halvers and quarters—hale o' mine ain and nane o' my neighbours’.
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words at Halfers, If the finder be quick he exclaims ‘no halfers—findee keepee, losee seekee’.
1865 ‘M. Twain’ Celebrated Jumping Frog (1867) 36 No man can say he ever see him do anything by halvers.
1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West iv. 93 ‘I'll go halvers with him,’ shouts the conservative-looking chap.
1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire Hafers..the ordinary word which is used to claim half of any treasure-trove.
1932 W. Faulkner Light in August xviii. 394 Byron Bunch, that weeded another man's laidby crop, without any halvers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2016).

halvern.2

One who fishes with a halve-net or half-net.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > using net > using other types of net
trammeller1363
trim-tram man1746
halver1812
drift-netter1889
trek-netter1956
1812 W. Singer Agric. County of Dumfries 603 The halvers, or persons who claim and practise this kind of fishing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2012).
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