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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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..
Chitter :: Chitter (v. i.) To shiver or chatter with cold.
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..
Chatter :: Chatter (n.) Noise made by collision of the teeth, as in shivering..
Shive :: Shive (n.) A slice; as, a shive of bread..
Shiver :: Shiver (v. t.) To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind..
Shiver :: Shiver (n.) A spindle.
Shiver :: Shiver (v. i.) To tremble; to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or fear..
Shivered :: Shivered (imp. & p. p.) of Shive.
Dudder :: Dudder (v. i.) To shiver or tremble; to dodder.
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..
Splinter :: Splinter (n.) To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree..
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..
Shiver-spar :: Shiver-spar (n.) A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; -- called also slate spar..
Shake :: Shake (v.) To cause to move with quick or violent vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to make to tremble or shiver; to agitate.
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..
Chill :: Chill (n.) A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering..
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..
Splint :: Splint (v. t.) To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver..
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..
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