- (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.
- (n.) A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
- (n.) Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings.
- (n.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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