A parallel form of sheave, from Middle English schyve, from Proto-West Germanic *skībā, from Proto-Germanic *skībǭ, presumably through an Old English *sċīfe (though it is not attested before the Middle English period). Cognate with German Scheibe, late Old Norse skífa (“slice”), brauðskífa (“slice of bread”) (whence Danish skive (“disc, slice”)), Dutch schijf (“disc, slice”).
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A slice, especially of bread.
In my cool room with the shutters shut and the thin shives of air and light coming through the slats, I cried myself to sleep in an overloud selfpitying transport. 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers:
Of a cut loafe to steale a shiue c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
(obsolete) A sheave.
A beam or plank of split wood.
A flat, wide cork for plugging a large hole or closing a wide-mouthed bottle.
If the conditioning continues to be fairly brisk, a wooden tut might appear to distort a little under the stress of the internal pressure, with the beer seeping out around the tut and shive. 2011, John Alexander, A Guide to Craft Brewing:
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de Schindel (beam or plank of split wood) · de Seilscheibe (obsolete: sheave) · nl schijf (slice) · nl snee (slice) · bg фили́я (slice) · de Scheibe (slice) · bg широка запушалка (flat, wide cork) · nl snede (slice) · de Pfropfen (flat, wide cork) · de Stopfen (flat, wide cork) · da skive (slice) · de Schäbe (slice) · de Brettschindel (beam or plank of split wood) · de Pfropf (flat, wide cork) · de Laufrolle (obsolete: sheave)
shive en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
/ʃaɪv/
Etymology
From Middle English schyfe, schyffe, from Proto-Germanic *skibō-; cognate with German Schäbe, Dutch scheef, and Low German Schääv, all ‘fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp’. The expected pronunciation would be /ʃɪv/; the pronunciation /ʃaɪv/ is probably due to the combined influence of Etymology 1 and the spelling.
Meanings
A splinter or fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp broken off in braking or scutching
A plant fragment remaining in scoured wool.
A piece of thread or fluff on the surface of cloth or other material.
A dark particle or impurity in finished paper resulting from a bundle of incompletely cooked wood fibres in the pulp.
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shiv (wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp) · shove (wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp) · boon (wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp) · hurd (wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp)
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sl pazderje (wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp) · nl leem (wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp) · it canapule (wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp) · pl paździerze (wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp) · sh pozder (wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp) · izh päissär (wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp) · et linaluu (wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp) · fi päistär (particle of impurity) · sl pazder (wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp) · fr chènevotte (wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp) · fi päistär (wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp) · nl scheef (wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp) · sl pezdir (wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp) · sv skävor (wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp) · et linaluud (wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp) · es agramiza (wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp) · es cañamiza (wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp) · de Schäbe (wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp) · cs pazdeří (wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp) · it lisca (wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp)
So every alleyway down here, every shadow big enough to hide a shive artist with a grudge, is a warm invitation to rewrite history. 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 50:
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shive en · NOUN · etymology 4
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/ˈʃɪvə/
Etymology
See shiva
Meanings
(alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of shiva.
There are some cultural details in Schissel’s story that are specific to the Jewish community: the family sits shive (seven days of mourning for the dead), and the preference for silence at that time. 2010, William Labov, A Life of Learning: