See Also: shiver(medicine)
shiver(1)(dictionary)
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shiver-spar(medicine)
shiver 1, verb(dictionary)
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shiver(1) (iou)



shiver noun1. ME.
[Corresp. to Old High German scivaro splinter (German Schiefer slate, for Schieferstein) from Germanic base also of SHIVE noun2: prob. already in Old English.]
A fragment, a chip; a splinter, a sliver, esp. of shattered glass. Usu. in pl. ME.
break in shivers, break into shivers, burst in shivers, burst into shivers, etc., shatter, break into fragments. in shivers broken, in small fragments.
b. spec. A flake or splinter of stone, esp. one broken off during stone-dressing. Now Scot. & dial. E17.
A loose fibre or filament in undressed hemp. Cf. SHIVE noun2 1. LME-L18.
A slaty or schistose kind of stone. E18.