Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - sliver
Sliver
sliver
n. & v. --n. 1 a long thin piece cut or split off. 2 a piece of wood torn from a tree or from timber. 3 a splinter, esp. from an exploded shell. 4 a strip of loose textile fibres after carding. --v.tr. & intr. 1 break off as a sliver. 2 break up into slivers. 3 form into slivers. Etymology: ME, rel. to slive cleave (now dial.) f. OE
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from sliven to slice off, from Old English -slīfan; akin to Old English -slǣfan to cut Date: 14th century 1. a long slender piece cut or torn off ; splinter, a small and narrow portion , particle, scrap , an untwisted strand or rope of textile fiber produced by a carding or combing machine and ready for drawing, roving, or spinning, II. verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1605 transitive verb to cut into ~s ; splinter, intransitive verb to become split into ~s ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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