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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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Skiving
Ski"ving\, n. 1. The act of paring or splitting leather or skins. 2. A piece made in paring or splitting leather; specifically, the part from the inner, or flesh, side.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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