Kivered vs Skivered - What's the difference?
kivered | skivered |
(skiver)
One who uses a skive (or skives).
A slacker.
(dialect) A skewer.
An inferior quality of leather, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed, formerly used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc.
The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins.
To skewer, impale.
*1863 , Le Fanu,
*1887 , Thomas Hardy, The Woodlanders ,
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As verbs the difference between kivered and skivered
is that kivered is (kiver) while skivered is (skiver).skivered
English
Verb
(head)skiver
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Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- [...] 'it's I that wishes I could be sure 'twas malice, I'd skiver you, heels and elbows, on my sword, and roast you alive on that fire.
- I'll finish heating the oven, and set you free to go and skiver up them ducks.