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oliver

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See also: Oliver, Olivér, and Óliver

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oliver (plural olivers)

  1. (archaic, rare) A small tilt hammer, worked by the foot.
    • 1903, John Cotton, Chimes and Rhymes, page 66:
      I hear, with the song that she sings me in lullaby tones, / The noise of the nailshops, the ringing of hammers, the groans / Of deep-heaving bellows, the "oliver's" thud on the die, []

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Etymology

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From oliva +‎ -er.

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oliver m (plural olivers)

  1. olive tree
    Synonym: olivera

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oliver

  1. indefinite plural of oliv