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(pl. noun) - A portion of bread and allowance of beer laid out in Winchester School Hall at beever-time. From French boire, Old French boivre to drink. From Italian bevere, whence our beverage. Beever-time, a quarter of an hour's relaxation allowed to the Winchester School boys in the middle of afternoon school in summer to give them an opportunity of disposing of beevers.
--William Cope's Glossary of Hampshire Words and Phrases, 1883
January 14, 2018