Crossword clues for riving
riving
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rive \Rive\, v. t. [imp. Rived; p. p. Rived or Riven; p. pr. & vb. n. Riving.] [Icel. r[=i]fa, akin to Sw. rifva to pull asunder, burst, tear, Dan. rive to rake, pluck, tear. Cf. Reef of land, Rifle a gun, Rift, Rivel.] To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles.
I shall ryve him through the sides twain.
--Chaucer.
The scolding winds have rived the knotty oaks.
--Shak.
Brutus hath rived my heart.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
n. (cx historical agriculture English) A strip of a townfield. vb. (present participle of rive English)
Usage examples of "riving".
Now in an instant the picnic was ended, and in the grey cold dawn war was upon them--grim war with the whine of bullets, the screams of pain, the crash of shell, the horrible rending and riving of body and limb.
There is a riving of the border before us such as this land has never seen.