v. Obs. exc. dial. Also 5 chauer, 9 javver. [app. onomatopæic: cf. JABBER v.] intr. = JABBER v. 1.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 80/2. Clenchyn a-ȝen or chaueryn a-ȝen, for prowde herte, obgarrio. Ibid., 257/1. Iangelyn or iaveryn a-ȝen, þat ys clepyd clenchyng a-ȝen, oggarrio. [See also JABBER v. 1.]
1839. A. Bywater, Sheffield Dial. (1877), 98. To bawl to t’ Orishmen, or javver abaht chetch rates.
1876. Mid. Yorksh. Gloss., Javver. [In various Yorkshire dialects, in sense To talk idly, garrulously or noisily.]
Hence Javer, Javver sb. (dial.)
1869. Lonsdale Gloss., Javver, idle talk.
1876. Mid. Yorksh. Gloss., Javver, bold, assuming talk.
1876. Whitby Gloss., Javver, ‘jaw’ or talk; impudence.
