sliver /(slĭv"ẽr [or] slī"vẽr; 277)/

imp. & p. p. slivered; p. pr. & vb. n. slivering

1. To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood.

   They 'll sliver thee like a turnip.

1. A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment, as of glass; a splinter.
2. 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.
3. Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings. [Local, U.S.]