
1) Bit 2) Chip 3) Fragment 4) Iota 5) Paring 6) Piece 7) Scrap 8) Shaving 9) Splint 10) Splinter 11) Tad
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1) Broken glass residue 2) Broken-glass residue 3) Chip 4) Chip off the old block 5) Flake 6) Fleck 7) Flinders 8) Form into slivers 9) Fragment of wrought silver 10) Glass shard 11) Glass splinter 12) Loose fiber of flax 13) Mere 1% 14) Scrap 15) Sharon Stone film 16) Splinter 17) Splinter of silver, possibly
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- a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
- a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
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[textiles] A sliver (rhymes with diver) is a long bundle of fibre that is generally used to spin yarn. A sliver is created by carding or combing the fibre, which is then drawn into long strips where the fibre is parallel. When sliver is drawn further and given a slight twist, it becomes roving. ...
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• (v. t.) To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood. • (n.) A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter. • (n.) Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings. • (n.) A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a...
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Remnant of propellant or fuel in solid or hybrid motors as a consequence of initial geometry.
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in yarn production, loose, soft, untwisted ropelike strand of textile fibre having a roughly uniform thickness. It is produced by the carding ...
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The thick, untwisted rope of fibre produced by the carding engine.
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1. A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter. ... 2. A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fibre 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. ... To cut or divide into long, thin piec...
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The loose, untwisted strand of cotton FIBERS produced on the CARDING MACHINE, DRAWING FRAME, and COMBING MACHINE.
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Sliv'er noun 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. plural ...
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Sliv'er transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Slivered ;
present participle & verbal noun Slivering .] [ See
Slive ,
transitive verb ] To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small piec...
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A rope-like strand of fiber produced by carding.
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A soft rope of loosened cotton taken from the carding machine.
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[
v] - divide into slivers or splinters 2. [v] - form into slivers, as of wool
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Loose metal piece rolled down onto the surface of the metal during the rolling operations.
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Loose metal piece rolled down onto the surface of the metal during the rolling operations.
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