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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Shivery :: Shivery (a.) Easily broken; brittle; shattery.
Shivery :: Shivery (a.) Tremulous; shivering.
Shiveringly :: Shiveringly (adv.) In a shivering manner.
Splint :: Splint (v. t.) To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver..
Shiver :: Shiver (n.) A variety of blue slate.
Shiver :: Shiver (v. i.) To tremble; to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or fear..
Splinter :: Splinter (n.) To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree..
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..
Thrill :: Thrill (v. i.) To feel a sharp, shivering, tingling, or exquisite sensation, running through the body..
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..
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..
Frill :: Frill (v. i.) To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills..
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..
Aguish :: Aguish (a.) Having the qualities of an ague; somewhat cold or shivering; chilly; shaky.
Shiver :: Shiver (n.) The act of shivering or trembling.
Growse :: Growse (v. i.) To shiver; to have chills.
Disshiver :: Disshiver (v. t. & i.) To shiver or break in pieces.
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..
Shivering :: Shivering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shive.
Shiver-spar :: Shiver-spar (n.) A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; -- called also slate spar..
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