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Sliver \Sliv"er\, n.
1. A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment,
as of glass; a splinter.
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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.
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3. pl. Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. {Kibblings}.
[Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
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sliver \sliv"er\ (sl[i^]v"[~e]r or sl[imac]"v[~e]r; 277), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. {slivered} (sl[i^]v"[~e]rd); 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.
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They 'll sliver thee like a turnip. --Sir W.
Scott.
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