(v. i.) To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered; as, grayling's flesh will calver.
Example Sentences:
(1) Therefore from the economic aspect it appears to be profitable to replace productive, but ill, older dairy cows by healthy first-calvers because the negative effect of the mastitis on the production of milk increases with every successive lactation.
(2) The effect of the last developmental phase of the warble fly (Hypoderma bovis de Greer) larvas was studied as exerted on some health indices of milk in 20 experimental (treated) and 18 control (untreated) first-calvers of the Pinzgau breed at two localities of an area affected by bovine hypodermosis in the period from May to June, 1975.
(3) Simon Calver, the chief executive, said: "We are continuing to make fundamental improvements to our business in the UK, which will allow us to compete effectively in a changing marketplace.
(4) 'I feel good because I'm helping people' THE MUM: Kate Calver, 50, secondary school teacher Just before giving birth to Sophie, I was approached by the research team who asked me to be in the study.
(5) Apart from a higher effect, especially in the compensation of hypomagnesiaemia and metabolic acidosis, the use of the new supplement in first-calver stocks allows to reduce the total financial costs of mineral feed supplements by 20%.
(6) In three groups of first-calvers with 15 animals each, with an identical basal diet, we followed for six months the effect of the DOB mixture additive without fat, the DOB mixture with 5% of rendering-plant fat obtained mechanically and DOB with 5% of rendering-plant fat after perchlorethylene extraction (0.90% perchlorethylene residuum).
(7) The Lovefilm chief executive, Simon Calver, said: "The deal is a winner for the members who love Lovefilm because of its value, choice, convenience and innovation in home entertainment "With Amazon's unequivocal support we can significantly enhance our members' experience across Europe."
(8) "However, it is an unfortunate reality that building union officials often hide behind employee conduct and the actions of the FWBC will bring home to workers the consequences of blindly following union demands," said Richard Calver, acting chief executive of Master Builders.
(9) The calves of the Red Spotted breed and their first-calver mothers were subject to the study of total proteinemia and of the changes in protein fractions before parturition and in a ten-day period of post-partal development.
(10) Twelve calves of the Red Spotted breed and its crossbreds born by first-calvers, kept in a large-capacity stable of a dairy farm, were subject to the study of the ontogenetic development of the values of the blood picture from birth up to the 10th day of age.
(11) Preferably 10 sera from each of the yearling, first calver, second calver and older age groups should be tested.
(12) Chief executive Simon Calver, who joined Mothercare from LoveFilm last April, admitted the mother and baby retailer was being "squeezed in the middle" as supermarkets beat it on price at the bottom end and luxury brands, such as The White Company, stole some high-end customers.
(13) In none of the followed health indices of milk were significant differences in the values obtained from experimental and control first-calvers proved statistically.
(14) We investigated the effect of hypodermosis on the quantitative and some qualitative indicators of milk from 20 experimental and 18 control first-calvers of the Pinzgau cattle breed.
(15) After calving, the haemorrhages tended to disappear rapidly from the claws of the heifers, but no such recovery was evident in the second calvers and mature cows.
(16) Calver said Lovefilm has seen "very, very strong" uptake in streaming from games consoles, which it introduced in March last year, but that physical rentals were also performing "confidently" and "continuing at pace".
(17) In 77% of the cows and first-calvers of the experimental group the quality of colostrum complied with the standard; in the case of the control animals this proportion was 83%.
(18) It was administered to about 7300 highly pregnant heifers and first-calvers at rates of 0.15 to 0.2 kg per head and day.
(19) "It's the customers who decide whether to go for digital or physical rentals – that's why we're developing a hybrid proposition," Calver told the Guardian.
(20) A field trial was performed in two half-sib first-calver groups of the Bohemiam Spotted breed.
Culver
Definition:
(n.) A dove.
(n.) A culverin.
Example Sentences:
(1) He's introduced by his roommates to beautiful, mysterious and emotionally confused Alaska Young, and the story progresses, mostly centered around Miles' life at Culver Creek and his growing attachment to Alaska.
(2) John Culver, president of Starbucks Coffee International, said: "Kris brings a great deal of operational and public affairs experience to the role, and is an ideal candidate to continue the momentum Starbucks has achieved in this region.
(3) Culver argues that proceeding with such training without obtaining family permission can lead to great harm when relatives or the community discover that the hospital's doctors are practicing procedures on the dead.
(4) In their book Culver and Gert define irrational action in the context of medicine and psychiatry.
(5) beta-Adrenergic agonists mediate an increase in beating rate in embryonic chick heart prior to ingrowth of the vagus nerve (Culver, N. G., and Fishman, D. A.
(6) And as “the big four” take investment money to grow, smaller coffee shops – the young indies – will not only fill the space but expand on it by relying on hyper-local focus, transparency and sustainable initiatives like solar-powered spaces (like Salt Lake City’s Publik Coffee Roasters ), minimizing their menus (Culver City, California’s Bar Nine) and even forsaking brick and mortar for a recycled airstream (Seattle’s Slate Coffee ).
(7) However, Pete D’Alessandro, a longtime operative who served as the political director for former Iowa governor Chet Culver, noted that Clinton doesn’t need to be “Jimmy Carter … and spend 150 days” campaigning in Iowa .
(8) Her broad lead over Sanders has all but disappeared, hence her furious pace: San Diego, El Centro, Perris, Culver City, Garden Grove, Santa Ana, San Bernardino, Sylmar, Oxnard, Santa Barbara, Fresno, Oakland, Vallejo, Sacramento, Lynwood, South Los Angeles.
(9) This is because, on Culver and Gert's definition of 'malady', menopause, menstruation, and pregnancy become maladies.
(10) These included George J. Bucknall, Alfred E. Regensburger, Douglass W. Montgomery, Howard Morrow, Harry E. Alderson, George D. Culver, Ernest D. Chipman, Hiram E. Miller, and Lawrence R. Tuassig.
(11) Definitions of paternalism found in the works of Gerald Dworkin, Allen Buchanan, Bernard Gert and Charles Culver, and James Childress are analyzed and found defective when tested against various counterexamples.
(12) It is also argued that malady claims are normative in a way not recognized by Culver and Gert.
(13) However, they catch a break when Culver interferes with Smith, first down.