Word Meaning

sliver definition and meaning

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.
n. A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
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.
n. Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings.

Crossword clues for sliver

- small thin narrow piece of something
- Thin slice of offal from the south