v. Obs. rare–1. [Onomatopæic.] (See quot.).
1693. Clayton, in Phil. Trans., XVII. 990. A Duck has larger Nerves that come into their Bills than Geese or any other Bird that I have seen and therefore quafer and grope out their Meat the most. [Copied as quaffer by Derham Physico-Theol., IV. xi. 192, and Bell On the Hand, 150.]
