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Webster 1913 Edition


sliver

sliv′er

(slĭv′ẽr or slī′vẽr; 277)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
slivered
(slĭv′ẽrd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
slivering
.]
[See
Slive
,
Verb.
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.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sliver

SLIV'ER

,
Verb.
T.
To cut or divide into long thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; as, to sliver wood.

Definition 2024


sliver

sliver

English

Noun

sliver (plural slivers)

  1. A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
    • 2013, J. M. Coetzee, The Childhood of Jesus. Melbourne, Australia: The Text Publishing Company. chapter 27. p. 270.
      A sliver of bone has punctured a lung, and a small surgical operation was needed to remove it (would he like to keep the bone as a memento?--it is in a phial by his bedside).
  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 precedes spinning.
  3. Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings.
  4. (US, New York) A narrow high-rise apartment building.

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Verb

sliver (third-person singular simple present slivers, present participle slivering, simple past and past participle slivered)

  1. (transitive) To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.
    to sliver wood
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
    • Sir Walter Scott
      They'll sliver thee like a turnip.

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