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View synonyms for skiver
skiver
[ skahy-ver ]
noun
- a person or thing that skives.
- a thin, soft leather made from sheepskin, used for hat linings and book bindings.
skiver
1/ ˈskaɪvə /
noun
- slang.a person who persistently avoids work or responsibility
skiver
2/ ˈskaɪvə /
noun
- the tanned outer layer split from a skin
- a person, tool, or machine that skives
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Kin I skiver er humans clean clar ercross de dissart, und retch back ter de eend o' de yeth, wid dese wun-eyed specks?
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How I execrated that ill-starred jade, and the Dutch skiver, but for whom I might at this moment have been my own master.
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Skiver is the outside of a sheepskin which has been split, the inner side being known as the flesher.
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Cherries are made in the same manner as grapes, and the stalk neatly covered with skiver leather.
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Bone and shell in small amounts were found here, and among them the skiver shown at d in plate 36.
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