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n. One, such as a cutting tool, that skives.

n. A soft thin leather split off the outside of sheepskin and used for bookbinding.

n. One who uses a skive (or skives).

n. A slacker.

n. A skewer.

n. An inferior quality of leather, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed, formerly used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc.

n. The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins.

v. To skewer, impale.

n. An inferior quality of leather, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed. It is used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc.

n. The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins, as sheepskins.

n. Same as skiving-knife.

n. Leather split by the skiving-knife; a thin leather made of the grained side of split sheepskin tanned in sumac. It is used for cheap bindings for books, the lining of hats, pocket-books, etc. Compare skiving.

n. In shoe manufacturing, a machine for cutting counters for shoes and for making rands; a leather-skiving machine.

n. An old form of dirk.

n. A skewer.

To skewer; impale.

To scatter; disperse; fly apart or in various directions, as a flock of birds.

"(Oxford English Dictionary) [31.1] A skiver is a skewer onto which meat would be threaded for cooking."

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