Skiver - What does it mean?
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has no English definition.
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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is likely misspelled.
has no English definition.
As a noun skiver
is one who uses a skive (or skives).As a verb skiver
is to skewer, impale.skiver
English
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(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.
