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sliver |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sliver \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sliver \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sliver n 1: a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something [syn: {paring}, {shaving}] 2: a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it flew into flinders" [syn: {splinter}, {flinders}] v 1: divide into slivers or splinters [syn: {splinter}] 2: break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered" [syn: {splinter}] 3: form into slivers, as of wool
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