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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Shivered :: Shivered (imp. & p. p.) of Shive.
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..
Splinter :: Splinter (n.) To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree..
Frill :: Frill (v. i.) To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills..
Shudder :: Shudder (v. i.) To tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiver with cold; to quake..
Shiver :: Shiver (v. i.) To separate suddenly into many small pieces or parts; to be shattered.
Shivery :: Shivery (a.) Tremulous; shivering.
Disshiver :: Disshiver (v. t. & i.) To shiver or break in pieces.
Shiver :: Shiver (n.) A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.
Thrill :: Thrill (v. i.) To feel a sharp, shivering, tingling, or exquisite sensation, running through the body..
Shiver-spar :: Shiver-spar (n.) A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; -- called also slate spar..
Aguish :: Aguish (a.) Having the qualities of an ague; somewhat cold or shivering; chilly; shaky.
Tremor :: Tremor (v.) A trembling; a shivering or shaking; a quivering or vibratory motion; as, the tremor of a person who is weak, infirm, or old..
Shiver :: Shiver (v. i.) To tremble; to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or fear..
Shiver :: Shiver (v. t.) To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind..
Thrill :: Thrill (v. i.) To pierce, as something sharp; to penetrate; especially, to cause a tingling sensation that runs through the system with a slight shivering; as, a sharp sound thrills through the whole frame..
Quiver :: Quiver (v. i.) To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.
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..
Chill :: Chill (n.) A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering..
Shiveringly :: Shiveringly (adv.) In a shivering manner.
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