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Weever. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1928, rev. 2024. Weever Also 7 wiver, 7–9 weaver. [Prob. originally wĭver, a. OF. (north-eastern) wivre the weever (13th c.), a transferred use of wivre serpent, dragon (see WIVERE, WYVERN), Central OF. guivre (mod. heraldic F. guivre, givre), repr. L. vīpera VIPER; the more normal OF. descendant of L. vīpera is vivre, the weever (whence VIVER1, QUAVIVER), mod.F. vive. The fish was called ‘viper’ from its venomous spines: see quot. 1622.] A fish of the genus Trachinus or family Trachinidae, common on the coasts of Europe; esp. T. draco, the Greater, and T. vipera, the Lesser Weever. They have sharp dorsal and opercular spines with which they can inflict painful wounds.

1 1622.  Drayton, Poly-olb., xxv. 167. The Weauer, which although his prickles venom bee, By Fishers cut away, which Buyers seldom see.

2 1666.  Merrett, Pinax, 187. Araneus, a Weaver, or Wiver.

3 1747.  Mrs. Glasse, Cookery, ix. 88. To Broil Weavers.

4 1752.  J. Hill, Hist. Anim., 263. Trachinus … The Weever.

5 1766.  Smollett, Trav., I. xviii. 292. Here too are found the vyvre, or, as we call it, weaver; remarkable for its long, sharp spines, so dangerous to the fingers of the fishermen.

6 1832.  Proc. Berw. Nat. Club, I. 7. These are, the greater weaver … and the tadpole fish.

7 1848.  Johns, Week at Lizard, 171. It was the Lesser Weever.

8   Comb.  1867.  J. G. Wood, Routledge’s Pop. Nat. Hist., III. 97. The Great Weaver, or Weever Fish.

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