Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To skewer; impale.
- noun Same as
skiving-knife . - noun 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 . - noun In shoe manufacturing, a machine for cutting counters for shoes and for making rands; a leather-skiving machine.
- noun An old form of dirk.
- noun A skewer.
- To scatter; disperse; fly apart or in various directions, as a flock of birds.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
- noun The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins, as sheepskins.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who uses a
skive (orskives ). - noun A
slacker . - noun dialect A
skewer . - noun An inferior quality of
leather , made of splitsheepskin ,tanned byimmersion insumac , anddyed , formerly used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc. - noun The
cutting tool ormachine used in splitting leather or skins. - verb To skewer,
impale .
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Examples
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(Oxford English Dictionary) [31.1] A skiver is a skewer onto which meat would be threaded for cooking.
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The point is that even those of a "skiver" mentality who entered employment with the more enlightened companies quickly changed their attitude.
Army Rumour Service 2009
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De niggers soon 'skiver' dat he wuz a Yankee, en dat he come down ter Norf C'lina fer ter learn de w'ite folks how to raise grapes en make wine.
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"W'en Mars Marrabo 'skiver' dat Sandy wuz gone, he 'lowed Sandy had runned away.
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"W'en Mars Marrabo 'skiver' dat Sandy wuz gone, he 'lowed Sandy had runned away.
Po' Sandy 1888
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The skiver of the year trophy goes to Gerry from TWN Construction, for surfing in Newquay while claiming to be stuck up a crane at the redevelopment of Wembley Stadium.
What's Going On Mark Steel 2009
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By the heyday of the binder's craft, the early to mid eighteenth century, two types of leather were recognized as the best: skiver, or lambskin, which was strong but so thin that it scarcely required any paring, and Moroccan goatskin, which was highly valued for its skiver-like characteristics combined with its delightful reddish color.
Books: Modernity's Abuse of an Art Donald Goodman 2008
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By the heyday of the binder's craft, the early to mid eighteenth century, two types of leather were recognized as the best: skiver, or lambskin, which was strong but so thin that it scarcely required any paring, and Moroccan goatskin, which was highly valued for its skiver-like characteristics combined with its delightful reddish color.
Archive 2008-02-01 Athanasius 2008
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Objects from Sell Cave. a, Pestles or grinding stones; b, celt, pottery disks, paint stones, and skiver 46 17.
Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 Gerard Fowke 1894
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Bone and shell in small amounts were found here, and among them the skiver shown at d in plate 36.
Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 Gerard Fowke 1894
kingrat47 commented on the word skiver
I use this as a synonmym for "shirker," which is apparently not a terribly common usage. Huh.
December 10, 2006
ruzuzu commented on the word skiver
Does this have anything to do with aebleskivers?
April 26, 2011