Definition of "clavering" []

• Present participle of claver. (verb)

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• ""Is that why you're tasking me with all these daft questions - because that clavering auld clype Owen Williams has told you that Billy Cumming put his hand on mine once or twice at the baccarat?""
• "—Godsake, woman, let me away; —there’s saxpence t’ye to buy half a mutchkin, instead o’ clavering about thae auld warld stories."
• "See ye neither meddle nor mak, nor gie nae offence wi 'that clavering tongue o' yours, but keep a calm sough, and let ilka cock fight his ain battle. ''"