Definition of shive

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Shive (n.) A thin piece or fragment; specifically, one of the scales or pieces of the woody part of flax removed by the operation of breaking..

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Shiver :: Shiver (v. i.) To separate suddenly into many small pieces or parts; to be shattered.
Splint :: Splint (v. t.) To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver..
Tremble :: Tremble (v. i.) To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder; -- said of a person or an animal..
Shiver :: Shiver (v. t.) To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind..
Shiver :: Shiver (n.) One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; -- generally used in the plural..
Shiver :: Shiver (n.) A spindle.
Chill :: Chill (v. t.) To strike with a chill; to make chilly; to cause to shiver; to affect with cold.
Shiver :: Shiver (v. t.) To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet..
Horror :: Horror (n.) A shaking, shivering, or shuddering, as in the cold fit which precedes a fever; in old medical writings, a chill of less severity than a rigor, and more marked than an algor..
Shive :: Shive (n.) A thin piece or fragment; specifically, one of the scales or pieces of the woody part of flax removed by the operation of breaking..
Chilly :: Chilly (a.) Moderately cold; cold and raw or damp so as to cause shivering; causing or feeling a disagreeable sensation of cold, or a shivering..
Growse :: Growse (v. i.) To shiver; to have chills.
Quiver :: Quiver (v. i.) To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.
Shivering :: Shivering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shive.
Splinter :: Splinter (n.) To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree..
Shudder :: Shudder (v. i.) To tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiver with cold; to quake..
Thrill :: Thrill (v. t.) Hence, to affect, as if by something that pierces or pricks; to cause to have a shivering, throbbing, tingling, or exquisite sensation; to pierce; to penetrate..
Shiver-spar :: Shiver-spar (n.) A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; -- called also slate spar..
Shiver :: Shiver (n.) The act of shivering or trembling.
Dudder :: Dudder (v. i.) To shiver or tremble; to dodder.
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