English

Verb

palavering

1. present participle of palaver

Noun

palavering ‎(plural palaverings)

1. The act of one who palavers.
   • Thomas Carlyle

     They are among the silent, I believe; mostly far away from platforms and public palaverings; not speaking forth the image of their nobleness in transitory words, but imprinting it, each on his own little section of the world, in silent facts […]