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shive(1) (iou)



shive noun1. Chiefly dial. ME.
[Parallel form of SHEAVE noun1. Cf. SHIVE noun2, SKIVE verb1 & noun2.]
A slice, esp. of bread. ME.
= SHEAVE noun1 1. ME-E16.
A piece of split wood, a piece of firewood. obsolete exc. dial. M17.
A thin flat cork for stopping a wide aperture; a circular wooden bung or plug hammered into a cask when the cask has been filled. M19.