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(adjective) - (1) Wandering in mind; silly, senseless. Davering, riding or walking in a dazed condition. Scotland, Northern England.
--Joseph Wright's English Dialect Dictionary, 1898-1905
(2) Thy heart is like the daver'd rose.
--Edward Capern's Poems, 1864
(3) Daverdly, dowdy, unkempt.
--Sir James Murray's New English Dictionary, 1893
January 16, 2018