Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sliver"
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) 1.7 (wn)
sliver
n 1: 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}]
2: a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been
shaved from something [syn: {paring}, {shaving}]
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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