glaver

CIDE DICTIONARY

glaver, v. i. [Of Celtic origin; cf. W. glafr flattery.].

•  To prate; to jabber; to babble.  [1913 Webster]

  "Here many, clepid filosophirs, glavern diversely."  [1913 Webster]
•  To flatter; to wheedle.  [1913 Webster]

  "Some slavish, glavering, flattering parasite."  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

glaver

Flattery

VB flatter, praise to the skies, puff, wheedle, cajole, glaver, coax, fawn upon, faun upon, humor, gloze, soothe, pet, coquet, slaver, butter, jolly, bespatter, beslubber, beplaster, beslaver, lay it on thick, overpraise, earwig, cog, collogue, truckle to, pander to, pandar to, suck up to, kiss the ass of, pay court to, court, creep into the good graces of, curry favor with, hang on the sleeve of, fool to the top of one's bent, lick the dust, lay the flattering unction to one's soul, gild the pill, make things pleasant, overestimate, exaggerate.