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noun

Sliver n.

A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment, as of glass; a splinter.

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.

pl. Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings. (Local, U.S.)

verb

sliver v. t. (past & past part. slivered; pres. part. slivering) To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood. "They 'll sliver thee like a turnip."

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"Sliver" Quotes from Famous Books

... A kettle of screeching hot water with a small handful of salt in it, good potatoes of nearly equal size, washed clean and clipped at the ends, these are the requisites. Put the potatoes in the boiling water, cover closely and keep the water at high boiling pitch until you can thrust a sharp sliver through the largest potato. Then drain off the water and set the kettle in a hot place with the lid partly off. Take them out only as they are wanted; lukewarm potatoes are not good, They will be found about as good as potatoes can be, when cooked ...

— Woodcraft • George W. Sears

... Sliver the codfish fine; pour on boiling water; drain it off; add butter and a little pepper. Heat three or four minutes, ...

— Recipes Tried and True • the Ladies' Aid Society

... doing it by heating a flat stone, and cooking the fish on that," replied Tom. "Then some old hunters who won't bother to carry a frying-pan into the woods with them manage by toasting the meat or fish at the end of a long sliver of wood. Given the fish and a hot fire, the fellow who couldn't invent some way of cooking would deserve ...

— The Boy Scouts of Lenox - Or The Hike Over Big Bear Mountain • Frank V. Webster

... ache along her spine began to set in. There were occasional ventures to a corner bake-shop for raisin rolls and to the delicatessen next door for a quarter-pound of Bologna sausage sliced into slivers while she waited. She would sit on the cot-edge munching alternately from sliver to roll, gulping through a throat that was continually tight with wanting to cry, yet would not relax ...

— Humoresque - A Laugh On Life With A Tear Behind It • Fannie Hurst

... about marrid life, except what ye tell me an' what I r-read in th' pa-apers. But it must be sad. All over this land onhappily mated couples ar-re sufferin' almost as much as if they had a sliver in their thumb or a slight headache. Th' sorrows iv these people ar-re beyond belief. I say, Hinnissy, it is th' jooty iv th' law to ...

— Mr. Dooley Says • Finley Dunne

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