sliven.
/slʌɪv/ 1. A piece cut off; a slice. Now dialect.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a piece or bit > a piece cut off > a slice
cantlec1400
leachc1440
slicea1475
tailye?a1500
tranchec1500
trench1558
slive1577
collop1579
gigot?1611
slivinga1825
1577 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Three Bookes iii. f. 103 This fruite..beyng so grated thei putte it into a sliue of Palme.
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 37 Shread, snip, slive, slice, collop, cut.
a1800 S. Pegge Suppl. Grose's Provinc. Gloss. (1814) (at cited word) A slive off a cut loaf will not be missed.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > blow struck with an object or instrument > with something pliant
lashc1330
lashingc1400
jerking1552
jerk1555
whipping1577
slive1589
whissc1590
scutch1611
scutching1611
switchinga1640
cut1787
sliver1806
switch1809
welt1863
score1882
1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ Returne of Pasquill sig. Div You brag you haue giuen M. D. Bancroft such a sliue ouer the shoulders, as the credite of hys Chaplenship shall not recouer.
1747 Pococke Journ. Scot. (1887) 1 He gave me such a slive as a dog that has done some mischief.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
slivev.1
/slʌɪv/ Now dialect.
1.
a. transitive. To cleave, split, divide.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > cleaving or splitting > cleave or split [verb (transitive)]
to-cleavec888
cleavea1100
forcleavec1290
shidec1315
rivec1330
sheara1340
carvec1374
slivea1400
thrusche1483
porfend1490
splet1530
share?1566
spleet1585
splint1591
split1595
diverberate1609
fissure1656
spall1841
balkanize1942
a1400 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 455 Þaire cotis ware al to-reuyne And þaire lymmes in sondir sleuyne.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 459/2 Slyvyn a-sundyr, findo, effisso.
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos v. 96 With their stemmes ye seas thei sliue.
1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet E ij Hee sliues one, has a fling at another.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. xlvii. 520 All trees which through force of winde..shall be clouen..or sliuen must be cured with mire.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 135 They did cut downe a branch..and slived or cleft the same into slips.
1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. To Slit, cleave, or slive, klieven ofte splijten.
1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 427 To Slive, to clear to rive.
1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) at Sloven The honours are sloven; i.e. equally divided. Spoken at the game of whist.
1819– in dial. glossaries, etc. (see Eng. Dial. Dict. ).
b. absol. To cut through something.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (intransitive)]
carve?c1225
rivec1275
shearc1275
cutc1400
racea1413
incise?1541
slash1548
slive1558
hackle1577
haggle1577
slice1606
snipa1680
chip1844
bite1849
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos v. sig. M.iij The fomy waters through thei sliue.
2. To separate or remove by cutting or slicing; to take off in this manner.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > detach [verb (transitive)] > cut off
becarveOE
carvec1000
hewc1000
shredc1275
cuta1300
chapc1325
cleavec1330
off-shearc1330
withscore1340
to cut offc1380
colea1400
slivea1400
to score awayc1400
abscisea1500
discidea1513
sharea1529
off-trenchc1530
off-hewc1540
pare1549
detrench1553
slice?1560
detrunk1566
sneck1578
resect1579
shred1580
curtail1594
off-chop1594
lop?1602
disbranch1608
abscind1610
snip1611
circumcise1613
desecate1623
discerpa1628
amputate1638
absciss1639
prescind1640
notch1820
a1400 Sir Cleges 211 A lytyll bowe he gan of slyve, And thowght to schewe yt to his wife.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 722/1 I slyve a gylowfloure or any other floure from his braunche or stalke.
1575 G. Gascoigne Hundred Flowers in Wks. p. lxxi He sliude the gentle slippe, which could both twist and twind.
1594 Praise of Contented Mind in Willobie his Auisa f. 65 For hauing sliu'd the gentle slip, his loue was turnd to hate.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xiii. xxxiv The trees may be replanted of the very truncheons,..slived and divided from the very brain (as it were) of the green tree.
1793 Trans. Soc. Arts 11 76 When the knife has penetrated to about the half [of the potato], the other half should be slived or broken off.
1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua Gloss. Slive,..to cut away in slices, strip bark from a tree.
1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 247 Slive, to..slice off any thing.
Derivatives
slived adj. slived silk, see sleaved adj. at sleave v. Derivatives.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > silk > sleave silk > sleaved silk
slived silk1548
sleaved silk1587
sleave1605
sliven silk1688
sleft silk1752
floss silk1760
floss1871
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [adjective] > broken > split, cleft, or cracked
rivena1325
crazeda1400
cracked1503
rifty1547
slived1548
rived1581
crazen1596
sprung1597
rifted1602
sliftered1602
flawed1639
chinky1645
slaven1688
sliven1688
cracky1725
reft1763
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lvv Sodainly came oute..viii. wyldemen, all apparayled in grene mosse, made with slyued sylke.
1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 214 They cannot flee or stirre their wings, by mean of some broken or sliued feathers.
sliven adj. sliven silk, see sleaved adj. at sleave v. Derivatives.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > silk > sleave silk > sleaved silk
slived silk1548
sleaved silk1587
sleave1605
sliven silk1688
sleft silk1752
floss silk1760
floss1871
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [adjective] > broken > split, cleft, or cracked
rivena1325
crazeda1400
cracked1503
rifty1547
slived1548
rived1581
crazen1596
sprung1597
rifted1602
sliftered1602
flawed1639
chinky1645
slaven1688
sliven1688
cracky1725
reft1763
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 86/1 A Sliven, Shivered, or Cloven Tree.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 99/1 Gum Work, is by Gumming of several colours of sleeven Silk together.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
slivev.2
/slʌɪv/ Now dialect.
1.
a. transitive. To cause to slip down, over, etc.; to slip on (a garment), put on hastily or carelessly.
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > smoothly
slivea1425
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > put on > in hasty or careless manner
warpa1400
to throw ona1450
slip?a1513
slip1590
to steal on1649
huddle1697
slive1820
scuffle1844
a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxxiii Þenne shulde þe hunter slyue [v.r. slefe] doune þe skynn as fer as he may.
in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 121 With his furred hudd sliven over his head and rolled about his necke.
in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 130 Yf he weare not his robe, he must have his hoode slived about his necke.
1570 Bk. Precedence (Harl. 1440) in F. J. Furnivall Queene Elizabethes Achademy (1869) 25 Nether may any weare hoodes with a Rowle slyued ouer there heades, or other wayes being of that fashon.
c1593 in J. Raine Descr. Anc. Monuments Church of Durham (1842) 79 All the pippes of it was of Sylver to be sleaven on a long speare staffe.
1820 J. Clare Poems (ed. 3) 145 When, unknown to her parents, Nell slove on her hat.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) I'll slive my gown on and gang wi the.
1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial.
b. To convey furtively or quietly.
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the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > convey or transport > in a stealthy manner
steala1400
convey1526
smuggle1783
slive1821
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > accomplish clandestinely [verb (transitive)] > convey
shovec1374
steala1400
smuggle1783
slive1821
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 54 Where her long-hoarded groat oft brings the maid, And secret slives it in the sybil's fist.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 88 To slive her apron corner to her eyes.
2.
a. intransitive. To slide; to slip. rare.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > slip or slide
slidderc897
slidea950
slitherc1200
slep?a1400
slithec1450
slivec1450
rutsel1481
slip1530
slipper1585
glibber1598
slur1617
glide1674
slather1809
scoot1838
sluther1854
slade1895
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > fall down or from erect position > specifically of person or animal > slip and fall
slivec1450
c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 323 When he was at mes and sulde lifte, as þe vse is, his lyn slevis slafe bakk.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 722/1 I slyve downe, I fall downe sodaynly, je coule.
b. To slip off or away; to move quietly or slyly in some direction; to sneak or hang about; to loiter, idle.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > be slothful or lazy [verb (intransitive)] > idle or loaf
luskc1330
lubber1530
to play the truant, -s1560
lazea1592
lazy1612
meecha1625
lounge1671
saunter1672
sloungea1682
slive1707
soss1711
lolpoop1722
muzz1758
shack1787
hulkc1793
creolize1802
maroon1808
shackle1809
sidle1828
slinge1834
sossle1837
loaf1838
mike1838
to sit around1844
hawm1847
wanton1847
sozzle1848
mooch1851
slosh1854
bum1857
flane1876
slummock1877
dead-beat1881
to lop about1881
scow1901
scowbank1901
stall1916
doss1937
plotz1941
lig1960
loon1969
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > lurking, skulking > lurk, skulk [verb (intransitive)]
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atlutienc1000
darec1000
lotea1200
skulk?c1225
lurkc1300
luskc1330
tapisc1330
lurchc1420
filsnec1440
lour?c1450
slink?c1550
mitch1558
jouk1575
scout1577
scult1622
meecha1625
tappy1706
slive1707
slinge1747
snake1818
cavern1860
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > move stealthily [verb (intransitive)] > move off or away
steal1154
atslip?c1225
atcreepc1275
to steal one's wayc1385
glide1393
atslikec1400
fleetc1400
flinch1563
outsteala1586
leer1586
shift1594
shab1699
slive1707
ghost1833
to oil out1945
1707 S. Centlivre Platonick Lady iv. ii. 49 I know her Gown agen—I minded her when she sliv'd off.
1725 N. Bailey tr. Erasmus All Familiar Colloquies 33 What are you sliving about you Drone?
1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. To slive, to sneak.
1820 J. Clare Poems (ed. 3) 59 Sun bid ‘good night’, and slove to bed.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 88 The cowboy oft slives down the brook.
1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh II. 109 They'll believe he'd slive off into th' West country.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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