shive
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shive¹
- /ʃaɪv/
Rhymes with -aɪv
Where it comes from
A parallel form of sheave, from Middle English schyve, from Proto-West Germanic *skībā, from Proto-Germanic *skībǭ, presumably through an Old English *sċīfe (though it is not attested before the Middle English period). Cognate with German Scheibe, late Old Norse skífa (“slice”), brauðskífa (“slice of bread”) (whence Danish skive (“disc, slice”)), Dutch schijf (“disc, slice”).
noun shives
- A slice, especially of bread. Of a cut loafe to steale a shiue
- A sheave.
- A beam or plank of split wood.
- A flat, wide cork for plugging a large hole or closing a wide-mouthed bottle. If the conditioning continues to be fairly brisk, a wooden tut might appear to distort a little under the stress of the internal pressure, with the beer seeping out around the tut and shive.
shive²
- /ʃaɪv/
Rhymes with -aɪv
Where it comes from
From Middle English schyfe, schyffe, from Proto-Germanic *skibō-; cognate with German Schäbe, Dutch scheef, and Low German Schääv, all ‘fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp’. The expected pronunciation would be /ʃɪv/; the pronunciation /ʃaɪv/ is probably due to the combined influence of Etymology 1 and the spelling.
noun shives
- A splinter or fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp broken off in braking or scutching
- A plant fragment remaining in scoured wool.
- A piece of thread or fluff on the surface of cloth or other material.
- A dark particle or impurity in finished paper resulting from a bundle of incompletely cooked wood fibres in the pulp.
shive³
- /ʃɪv/
Rhymes with -ɪv
Where it comes from
Variant of shiv.
noun shives
- Alternative form of shiv So every alleyway down here, every shadow big enough to hide a shive artist with a grudge, is a warm invitation to rewrite history.
shive⁴
- /ˈʃɪvə/
Rhymes with -ɪvə
Where it comes from
See shiva
noun
- Alternative spelling of shiva There are some cultural details in Schissel’s story that are specific to the Jewish community: the family sits shive (seven days of mourning for the dead), and the preference for silence at that time.
Shive⁵
proper noun Shives
- A surname.
Translations
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noun obsolete: sheave
| Deutsch | Laufrolle, Seilscheibe |
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noun beam or plank of split wood
| Deutsch | Schindel, Brettschindel |
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