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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | DownloadNoah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Sliver
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(1):
(v. t.) To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood.
(2):
(n.) A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
(3):
(n.) 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.
(4):
(n.) Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings.