[skahyv] 
| 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. |
| 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.] |