Definitions for: Sliver


[n] a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
[n] a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it flew into flinders"
[v] form into slivers, as of wool
[v] break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"
[v] divide into slivers or splinters



Webster (1913) Definition: Sliv"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slivered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Slivering.] [See Slive, v. t.]
To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small
pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver
wood. --Shak.

They 'll sliver thee like a turnip. --Sir W.
Scott.


Sliv"er, n.
1. A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a
splinter.

2. A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a
loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and
ready for the roving or slubbing which preceeds spinning.

3. pl. Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings.
[Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.

Synonyms: flinders, paring, shaving, splinter, splinter, splinter

See Also: bit, break up, carve up, chip, dissever, divide, flake, fleck, form, fragment, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, scrap, separate, shape, splint, split, split up

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