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▪ I. skiver, n.1 Chiefly dial.|ˈskɪvə(r)|
Also 9 sciver, skivver, skivor.
[See note to skewer n.]
A skewer. Also fig.
1664J. Wilson Projectors iv, The frugal Spaniard!..that shall..carry a pound of Mutton in triumph on a Skiver! 1685Boyle Effects Motion ix. 121 A little Bodkin or skiver of wood. 1699W. Dampier Voy. II. i. 31 Little bits of Pork, spitted 5 or 6 of them at once, on a small skiver, and roasted. 1746Gentl. Mag. XVI. 491/1 With a skiver From love's quiver I am spitted. 1838–in dialect glossaries, etc. (Yks., Som., Cornw., Irel.).
attrib.1847Halliw., Skiver-wood, dogwood, of which skewers are made. 1886Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. 675 Skiver-timber, the spindle-wood;..Euonymus europæus.
▪ II. skiver, n.2|ˈskaɪvə(r)|
Also skyver.
[f. skive v.1 + -er.]
1. A thin kind of dressed leather split from the grain side of a sheep-skin and tanned in sumach, used for bookbinding, lining hats, and other commercial purposes.
1800Hull Advertiser 12 Apr. 2/2 Various kinds of leather,..red and brown skivers. 1851Mayhew Lond. Lab. I. 443/2 The skin is ‘split’... That known as the ‘grain’..is very thin, and is dressed into a ‘skiver’. 1880Leland Minor Arts i. 32 Now make a dragon..out of papier mâché.., cover it with skiver.
attrib.1845G. Dodd Brit. Manuf. V. ix. 205 The other half being alumed or tawed for ‘skiver’ leather.
2. One who or that which skives; esp. a workman who pares or splits leather.
1829P. Egan Boxiana 2nd Ser. II. 220 At a proper age, Jem turned out to earn an honest penny, and was apprenticed to a skyver, or skinman, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1850Rep. Comm. Patents 1849 (U.S.) I. 313, I claim..the application of a guage or gauges to a skiver. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. 2197/1 Skiver, a paring tool for leather. 1894J. Macintosh Ayrshire Nts. Entert. xxi. 397 The shapes are then handed to the skivers, the fitters, and the sewers.
▪ III. skiver, n.3 slang.|ˈskaɪvə(r)|
Also sciver, skyver.
[f. skive v.3 + -er1.]
One who avoids work; a shirker; a truant.
1941G. Kersh They die with their Boots Clean 219 Well, mud in your eye, old skivers! 1942― Nine Lives Bill Nelson xi. 71 You end up like them old skivers that mooch about the Naffy Library. 1959I. & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolch. xvii. 372 A few children in Kirkcaldy give ‘sciver’ as a name for a truant. 1961New Statesman 26 May 830/1 As it was day-time, everyone in the coffee bar was a sciver, on the dole or on the fiddle or just plain hopeful. 1971[see fruit gum s.v. fruit n. 9]. 1977Daily Tel. 24 Nov. 8/6 A Labour-controlled council is to crack down on ‘skivers’ following a report which alleges large scale absenteeism and sick leave among its manual workers. 1982Times 20 Apr. 4/8, I frequently came across cases at depots where there were skivers galore.
▪ IV. skiver, v.1|ˈskɪvə(r)|
[f. skiver n.1]
trans. To pierce or stab with or as with a skewer; to fasten with a skewer.
1832Blackw. Mag. Mar. 432/2 Nor was that abject delusion destroyed even by the bayonets that skivered the Invincibles. 1874Mahaffy Soc. Life Greece ix. 280 note, The head doctors would skiver him, if they caught him taking a fee. 1886Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. 675 Mind you skiver up the bag.
▪ V. skiver, v.2|ˈskaɪvə(r)|
[f. skiver n.2]
trans. To cut or pare (leather).
1875Knight Dict. Mech. 2197/1 Skiver,..a machine..adjustable to skiver counters to any desired width of scarf.
▪ VI. skiver, v.3 U.S.
[Cf. skive v.2]
(See quot.)
a1891Shore Birds 33 (Cent. Dict.), At the report of a gun the frightened flock will dart about in terror, skiver, as it is technically called. |