haver, haiver

i. [Etym. doubtful.] To talk foolishly, incoherently, or without method. "He just havered on about it to make the mair of Sir Arthur." Scott: Antiquary, ch. xliv. *have'-rel, *ha-vre, *hāiv-rel, s . [HAVER, v.] A half-witted person. ( Burns : Halloween .)