Obs. rare–1. [See CALVER a.] Only in Palsgrave, and it is difficult to determine what he intended by ‘salmon scum.’ Perh. the treatment as a sb. was some error.
1530. Palsgr., 202/2. Calver of saulmon, escume de saulmon.
[The following OE. passages possibly belong to these words. Unfortunately the OE. and Latin are alike uncertain in meaning:
a. 700. Epinal Gloss., 471. galmaria, caluuær (Erf. caluuer). Ibid., 476. galbalacrum, caluær (Erf. caluuer).
a. 800. Corpus Gloss., 952. galmaria, caluuer. Ibid., 956. gabalacrum, calwer. Ibid., 954. galmilla, liimcaluuer. Ibid., 427. calvarium, caluuerclim.
a. 1000. O. E. Gloss., in Wr.-Wülcker, 280. (Incipit de mensa) calmaria, cealfre. Ibid., 281. Caluiale, calwerbriw.
a. 1100. Alphabet. Gloss., ibid. 369. calmaria, cealre, Caluiale, cealerbriw. Ibid., 413. Galmaria, calwere, Gabalacrum, calwer, Cf. also Ags. Leechd., 98 I. xxxviii. 2 Nim sur molcen, wyrc to cealre, and beþ mid þy cealre.]
