Defn: A harbor master. [Obs.]
HAVER
Ha"ver, n.
Defn: A possessor; a holder. Shak.
HAVER
Hav"er, n. Etym: [D. haver; akin to G. haber.]
Defn: The oat; oats. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Haver bread, oaten bread.
— Haver cake, oaten cake. Piers Plowman.
— Haver grass, the wild oat.
— Haver meal, oatmeal.
HAVER
Ha"ver, v. i. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Defn: To maunder; to talk foolishly; to chatter. [Scot.] Sir W.
Scott.
HAVERSACK Hav"er*sack, n. Etym: [F. havresac, G. habersack, sack for oats. See 2d Haver, and Sack a bag.]
1. A bag for oats or oatmeal. [Prov. Eng.]
2. A bag or case, usually of stout cloth, in which a soldier carries his rations when on a march; — distinguished from knapsack.