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▪ I. chiv|tʃɪv|
= chivvy n. Austral. slang.
1916C. J. Dennis Songs Sentim. Bloke 119 Chiv, the face.
▪ II. chiv
variant of chive n.3, v.
▪ III. chiv(e), n.3 Thieves' Cant.|tʃɪv|
A knife.
1673R. Head Canting Acad. 12 He takes his Chive and cuts us down. 1725New Cant. Dict., Chive, a Knife, File, or Saw. 1812in J. H. Vaux Flash Dict., Os-Chives, Bone-handled Knives. 1834New Monthly Mag. XL. 490 The dreadful clasp-knife called a chiv is exposed and used if necessary. 1873Slang Dict. s.v., Chive, a knife..the word is pronounced as though written chiv or chivvy. 1950R. Chandler Let. 18 May (1966) 78 Chiv, or more commonly shiv, means a knife, a stabbing or cutting weapon, perhaps (but I don't think so) including a razor, but that is not the meaning. 1962John o' London's 25 Jan. 82/1 A criminal may use{ddd}a chiv, which is a razor, knife or dagger.
Hence chiv(e) v., to knife; also, to slash with a razor (cf. chivvy v.2); ˈchivving vbl. n.
1725New Cant. Dict., To Chive his Darbies, to saw asunder his Irons. 1812J. H. Vaux Flash Dict. s.v., to chiv a person is to stab or cut him with a knife. 1816Sessions Papers Sept. 377/1 They will chiv me; that means stabbing him; putting a knife into him. 1873in Slang Dict. 1895Daily News 27 Aug. 2/7 Kelly..had threatened to ‘chiv’ (knife) her. 1896A. Morrison Child of Jago v. 54 He was chived in the left lung. Ibid. xxxvii. 343 Stabbed! Chived! They chived Dicky Perrott! 1955Times 15 Nov., Three of Heaton's pals threatened to ‘chiv’ him... ‘Chiv’ is the shortened version of ‘chivvy chase’, rhyming slang for ‘mark the face’. 1959Encounter Aug. 32/1 ‘Ar,’ he said, ‘so a few of ver blacks git chived. Why oll ver fuss?’ 1962‘J. Bell’ Crime in our Time iii. 70 The usual ‘carving’ or ‘chivving’ was done, witnesses were intimidated. |