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wiver |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wiver \Wiv"er\, Wivern \Wiv"ern\, n. [OE. wivere a serpent, OF wivre, guivre F. givre, guivre wiver, from L. vipera; probably influenced by OHG. wipera, from the Latin. See {Viper}, and cf {Weever}.] 1. (Her.) A fabulous two-legged, winged creature, like a cockatrice, but having the head of a dragon, and without spurs. [Written also {wyvern}.] The jargon of heraldry, its griffins, its mold warps, its wiverns, and its dragons. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The weever.
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