sb. dial. [mod., app. repr. OE. téafor (téapor), glossing ‘minium’ (red lead); in form = OHG. zoubur, Ger. zauber, ON. taufr, secret or magic writing, charm, talisman, sorcery: see Pauls, Grundrisz (ed. 2), 251.] A red coloring matter: see quots. Hence Tiver v. dial., trans. to mark or color with tiver.

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[c. 975.  Sax. Leechd., II. 56. Do æʓes ꝥ hwite to & meng swa þu dest teapor.

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a. 1100.  Ags. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 314/21. Minium, teafor. Ibid. (a. 1200), 541/11. Minium, teapor.

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1200–25.  Peri Didaxeon, in Sax. Leechd., III. 88. Eft nim ladsar ꝥ teafur & galpani oþres healfes paniȝe whit.]

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1792.  Gentl. Mag., LXII. 521. Strayed sheep … tivered between the shoulders and across the loins.

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a. 1825.  Forby, Voc. E. Anglia, Tiver, a composition of which tar is the principal ingredient, to colour and preserve boards exposed to the air.

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1863.  Morton, Cycl. Agric., Gloss. (E.D.D.), Teen or Tiver (Suff.), red ochre for marking sheep.

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1887.  Kentish Gloss., Tiver.

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1895.  E. Anglia Gloss., s.v., The sheep are tivered across the loins.

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