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shive (s̸hīv)

noun

a broad, shallow cork, as for a wide-mouthed bottle

Etymology: ME shive < OE *scife, akin to Ger scheibe, disk, slice < IE *skeip- < *skei-, to cut: see ship

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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