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Definition of Calivers
1. caliver [n] - See also: caliver
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calivers
Literary usage of Calivers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Certificate of Musters in the County of Somerset: Temp. Eliz. A. D. 1569 by Somerset (England) (1904)
"... horsemen Corslets furnished A'main n\.er> and jacks furnished calivers famished
Robt. ... calivers ..."
2. The Cheshire Sheaf edited by Francis Sanders, William Ferguson Irvine, J. Brownbill (1896)
"Details are given of the furniture appointed for the 70 calivers and 30 corslets
required for each hundred men. (p. 119 ; see further on pp. ..."
3. The Manuscripts of the Right Honourable F. J. Savile Foljambe, of Osberton by Francis John Savile Foljambe, James, Great Britain Privy Council (1897)
"14s. 4d. His companies lacked of their pay 221. 13*. 4d. There was armour
lost—corslets 8, Alman rivets 9, muskets 5, calivers 25. ..."
4. The Lancashire Lieutenancy Under the Tudors and Stuarts: The Civil and by John Harland (1859)
"... Pykf x ; Long boes viij ; Sheffe of arrowes viij ; calivers iij ... calivers and
muskets, that he looks like a justice of peace's hall. ..."
5. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1859)
"... Pykf x; Long boes viij ; Sheffe of arrowes viij ; calivers iij; ... all arm'd
with pikes and darts, With halberds and with muskets and calivers. ..."
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