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skive
[skahyv] 
–verb (used with object), skived, skiv⋅ing.
| 1. | to split or cut, as leather, into layers or slices. |
| 2. | to shave, as hides. |
| 3. | to finish the turning of (a metal object) by feeding a tool against it tangentially. |
Origin:
1815–25; perh. < ON skīfa slice
1815–25; perh. < ON skīfa slice
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| skive (skīv) tr.v. skived, skiv·ing, skives To cut thin layers off (leather or rubber, for example); pare. [Of Scandinavian origin; see skei- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Skive
Skive\, n. [Cf. Icel. sk[=i]fa a shaving, slice, E. shive, sheave.] The iron lap used by diamond polishers in finishing the facets of the gem.Skive
Skive\, v. t. To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of (hides or leather).
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Language Translation for : Skive
Spanish:
disco,
German:
die Scheibe,
Japanese:
円盤
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