v. dial. Also 7 whoave, 9 wauve. [ad. ON. hvalfa, holfa: see WHELVE.]
1. trans. To turn upside down; to turn (pottery) when drying.
1611. Cotgr., s.v. Dent, Mettre vn pot &c. à dents, to turne it vpside-down, to whauve it with the mouth downewards.
1686. Plot, Staffordsh., 123. When the Potter has wrought the clay either into hollow or flat ware, they are set abroad to dry … turning them as they see occasion, which they call whaving.
2. a. trans. To cover over. b. intr. To hang over.
1674. Ray, N. C. Words, To Whoave; Chesh. to cover or whelm over. We will not kill but whoave. Prov. Chesh. ab A.S. Hwolf, Hwalf, a covering or canopy: Verb. Hwalfian, camerare, fornicare.
1828. Craven Gloss., Whauve,… to whelm.
1847. Halliwell, Whave, to cover, or hang over.
Hence Whauve sb., (a) techn. the amount of the dish (DISH sb. 5) of a wheel; (b) dial. the arched covering of turf over a grave (Shropsh. Word-bk.); Whaver (in quoits: see quot. 1818).
1674. Whaver [see RINER].
1818. Wilbraham, Gloss. Cheshire, 25, in Archæologia, XIX. A Riner is when the Quoit touches the peg or mark. A whaver is when it rests upon the peg, and hangs over.
1869. Eng. Mech., 31 Dec., 389/3. Add to this twice the wauve (dish) of the wheels, i.e., 5in.
