shive

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SHIVE, noun shiv. 1. A slice; a thin cut; as a shive of bread. [Not in use.] 2. A thin flexible piece cut off. [Not in use.] 3. A little piece or fragment; as the shives of flax made by breaking
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