sliver

[sliv·er]

A very thin slice or bit of something is a sliver. A sliver of hope is better than a sliver of doubt, but a having a sliver of wood in your foot is worse. That’s a splinter.

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To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood.

Noun
a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something

Noun
a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it flew into flinders"

Verb
form into slivers; "sliver wood"

Verb
break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"

Verb
divide into slivers or splinters

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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.
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.

n.
Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings.

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.

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.

To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood.

A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.

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Credit or debit cards, for starters, are nothing short of shoppers' Novocain. Even in the age of digital purchases and virtual money, we still attach a special value to dirty paper with pictures of presidents on it. Handing some of that to a cashier simply hurts more than handing over a little sliver of plastic.

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