bever
1 of 4obsolete variant of beaver
bever
2 of 4intransitive verb
bev·er
ˈbe-vər,
ˈbi-,
ˈbā-
-ed/-ing/-s
dialectal, chiefly British
: shiver, tremble
bever
3 of 4noun (1)
bev·er
ˈbe-vər,
ˈbi-,
ˈbā-
plural -s
dialectal, chiefly British
: trembling
all of a bever with cold
bever
4 of 4noun
be·ver ˈbē-vər 
ˈbā-
plural -s
chiefly dialectal
: a light lunch eaten between regular meals
Word History
Etymology
Intransitive verb
frequentative of Middle English biven to tremble, from Old English beofian
Noun
Middle English, drinking, potation, from Middle French beivre, from beivre to drink