What does "sliver" mean?
Sliver: A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
Additional senses
- 2.A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which preceeds spinning.
- 3.pl. Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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