skiver

[ skahy-ver ]
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noun
  1. a person or thing that skives.

  2. a thin, soft leather made from sheepskin, used for hat linings and book bindings.

Origin of skiver

1
First recorded in 1790–1800; skive + -er1

Words Nearby skiver

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How to use skiver in a sentence

  • Kin I skiver er humans clean clar ercross de dissart, und retch back ter de eend o' de yeth, wid dese wun-eyed specks?

    The Broken Sword | Dennison Worthington
  • How I execrated that ill-starred jade, and the Dutch skiver, but for whom I might at this moment have been my own master.

    Kilgorman | Talbot Baines Reed
  • skiver is the outside of a sheepskin which has been split, the inner side being known as the flesher.

    Library Bookbinding | Arthur Low Bailey
  • Cherries are made in the same manner as grapes, and the stalk neatly covered with skiver leather.

  • Bone and shell in small amounts were found here, and among them the skiver shown at d in plate 36.

British Dictionary definitions for skiver (1 of 2)

skiver1

/ (ˈskaɪvə) /


noun
  1. the tanned outer layer split from a skin

  2. a person, tool, or machine that skives

British Dictionary definitions for skiver (2 of 2)

skiver2

/ (ˈskaɪvə) /


noun
  1. British slang a person who persistently avoids work or responsibility

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