dial. and U.S. [f. STAVE v. + -ER1.] One who is continually ‘staving’ about; an active, energetic person.
1860. Holland, Miss Gilbert’s Career, xii. (1881), 146. Oh! she’s right, I tell you, and she’s got one of the mothers—regular staver.
1869. Mrs. Stowe, Oldtown Folks, x. (1870), 105. She was spoken of with applause under such titles as ‘a staver,’ ‘a pealer,’ ‘a roarer to work.’
1880. W. Cornw. Gloss., Staver, a fussy, noisy person. ‘She’s a regular staver; she staves about from morning to night.’
