Sc. Also 9 taiver. [app. of Norse origin: cf. Norw. tave clout, rag, any torn piece of stuff, Da. tave fiber, filament of tow, wool, etc.] A mere shred or filament; a ‘rag’ (of meat).
1808. Jamieson, Taivers, s. pl. tatters; as, boiled to taivers, Fife.
1819. Tennant, Papistry Storm’d (1827), 15. Sorrow gin Paip was boil’d to taivers, And I’d a platefu’ o’ the bree!
1823. Galt, Steam-boat, xii. 288. They don’t know how to cook yonder … they boil the meat to tavers.
