shive1

[shahyv] /ʃaɪv/
noun
1.
a sliver or fragment; splinter.
2.
a thin plug, as of wood or cork, for stopping the bunghole of a cask or the mouth of a bottle.
Origin
1175-1225; Middle English; cognate with German Scheibe, Old Norse skīfa; akin to sheave2

shive2

[shiv, shahyv] /ʃɪv, ʃaɪv/
noun
1.
a splinter or fragment of the husk of flax, hemp, etc.
2.
boon3 .
Origin
1475-85; earlier scyfe; cognate with dialectal Dutch schif, Middle Dutch scheve, German Schebe; akin to shiver2
Examples from the web for shive
  • Fiber and shive contents were determined by weight of fiber or shive extracted divided by weight of straw before retting.
British Dictionary definitions for shive

shive

/ʃaɪv/
noun
1.
a flat cork or bung for wide-mouthed bottles
2.
an archaic word for slice
Word Origin
C13: from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German schīve; see sheave1
Word Origin and History for shive
n.

early 13c., "slice of bread; thin piece cut off," perhaps from an unrecorded Old English *scifa, cognate with Old Saxon sciva, Middle Dutch schive, Dutch schijf, Old High German sciba, German Scheibe; see skive (v.1). From 1869 as "thin, flat cork for a bottle."

Slang definitions & phrases for shive

shiv

noun
  1. A knife, esp a clasp knife or similar weapon: She gets this anonymous letter sticking the shiv in my back/ The big knife called the chib
  2. A razor; anything with a sharp cutting edge
verb

: being shivved by Johnny Mizzoo

[1912+; fr Romany chiv, ''blade,'' by way of British underworld slang]