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shive

1  [shahyv]
–noun
1. a sliver or fragment; splinter.
2. a thin plug, as of wood or cork, for stopping the bunghole of a cask or the mouth of a bottle.
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Origin:
1175–1225; ME; c. G Scheibe, ON skīfa; akin to sheave 2
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2  [shiv, shahyv]
–noun
1. a splinter or fragment of the husk of flax, hemp, etc.
2. boon 3 .
Origin:
1475–85; earlier scyfe; c. dial. D schif, MD scheve, G Schebe; akin to shiver 2

boon

3  [boon]
–noun Textiles.
the ligneous waste product obtained by braking and scutching flax.
Also called shive, shove.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME (north) bone; cf. OE bune reed
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boon

  1. in.
    to leave the road in a car for the boondocks. : Tom has a four-wheel-drive so we can really boon!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

boon  (n.)
c.1175, from O.N. bon "a petition, prayer," from P.Gmc. *boniz (cf. O.E. ben "prayer, petition," bannan "to summon;" see ban). The adj. meaning "jolly" (in boon companion) is first recorded c.1325, from unrelated O.Fr. bon "good" (see bon).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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