shive

shive

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

Origin of shive

Middle English shive from Old English an unverified form scife, akin to German scheibe, disk, slice from Indo-European an unverified form skeip- from an unverified form skei-, to cut: see ship

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Noun

(plural shives)

A slice, especially of bread.
A beam or plank of split wood.
A flat, wide cork for plugging a large hole.

Origin

A parallel form of sheave, from a Proto-Germanic base which probably existed in Old English (though is not attested before the Middle English period). Cognate with German Scheibe, late Old Norse skÃfa (“slice"), brauÃ°skÃfa (“slice of bread") (whence Danish skive (“disc, slice")), Dutch schijf (“disc, slice").

Noun

(plural shives)

(paper-makin) A particle of impurity in finished paper.

Origin

From a Proto-Germanic base which probably existed in Old English (though is not attested before the Middle English period). Cognate with German Schebe, Dutch scheef.

Noun

(plural shives)