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Pronunciation : Shiv"er
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. schivere, fr. shive; cf. G. schifer a splinter, slate, OHG. scivere a splinter, Dan. & Sw. skifer a slate. See Shive, and cf. Skever.]
Definition : 1. One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; -- generally used in the plural. "All to shivers dashed." Milton.

2. A thin slice; a shive. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "A shiver of their own loaf." Fuller. Of your soft bread, not but a shiver. Chaucer.

3. (Geol.)

Defn: A variety of blue slate.

4. (Naut.)

Defn: A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.

5. A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter.

6. A spindle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Shiv"er
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. schiveren, scheveren; cf. OD. scheveren. See Shiver a fragment.]
Definition : Defn: To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet. All the ground With shivered armor strown. Milton.

t. [imp. & p. p. Shivered; p. pr. & vb. n. Shivering.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Shiv"er
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To separate suddenly into many small pieces or parts; to be shattered. There shiver shafts upon shields thick. Chaucer The natural world, should gravity once cease, . . . would instantly shiver into millions of atoms. Woodward.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Shiv"er
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. chiveren, cheveren; of uncertain origin. This word seems to have been confused with shiver to shatter.]
Definition : Defn: To tremble; to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or fear. Prometheus is laid On icy Caucasus to shiver. Swift. The man that shivered on the brink of sin, Thus steeled and hardened, ventures boldly in. Creech.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Shiv"er
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.

t. (Naut.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Shiv"er
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The act of shivering or trembling.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913