SLIVE
Slive, v. t. Etym: [OE. sliven to split, cleave, AS. slifan.]
Defn: To cut; to split; to separate. [Obs.] Holland.
SLIVER
Sliv"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slivered; p. pr. & vb. n. Slivering.]
Etym: [See Slive, v. t.]
Defn: To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood. Shak. They 'll sliver thee like a turnip. Sir W. Scott.
SLIVER
Sliv"er, n.
1. A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; 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. pl.
Defn: Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings. [Local, U.S.]
Bartlett.
SLOAKAN
Sloak"an, n. (Bot.)