carver n Cp DAE ~ 2 'one who splits fish in preparing them for market' (1765). Member of a fishing crew who slices open the belly of a cod-fish before passing it to the 'splitter.'
   [1794] 1968 THOMAS 181 The names of Header, Cutt Throat, Carver, Splitter and Salter are the appellations given to the Fishermen who perform the various offices in the stages or in the Rooms.

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