| Sliver | n. 1. A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment, as of glass; a splinter. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. pl. Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings. [ Local, U.S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| sliver | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] They 'll sliver thee like a turnip. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ] |
