Lexicographical Neighbors of Calvering
Literary usage of Calvering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Yale Studies in English edited by Albert Stanburrough Cook, Yale university New Haven (1903)
"Gifford refers to an account of calvering in I. Walton, Compleat Angler, p.
449, edit. 1808, with the remark, ' Calvering, at present, is a far more simple ..."
2. The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist,: A Quarterly Journal and Review edited by Llewellyn Frederick William Jewitt, John Charles Cox, John Romilly Allen (1888)
"Then he saith it will be best to refound her. He conceives you may have her
founded into a Saker and a Demy Calvering, and a Demy ..."
3. The Archaeological Journal by Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland Central Committee, Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1911)
"... and one case for demi- calvering." These missiles were employed for riddling
and setting fire to the sails of an enemy's ships. ..."
4. An Outline of the History and Development of Hand Firearms, from the by Robert Coltman Clephan (1906)
"... etc., and one case for demi-calvering";—thus one kind for muskets, the other
for small ordnance. They were used at sea, and specially for setting fire ..."
5. Expeditions to France (1758)
"... to-i morrow morning at five o'clock, in the grand place at Cherbourg ; to
march under the command of lieutenant colonel Calvering, towards Tourlaville. ..."
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