The Collaborative International Dictionary
Slive \Slive\ (sl[imac]v), v. i. [Cf. Slip.] To sneak. [Prov. Eng.]
Slive \Slive\, v. t. [OE. sliven to split, cleave, AS.
sl[=i]fan.]
To cut; to split; to separate. [Obs.]
--Holland.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. (context dialectal English) A slice or sliver; slip#Etymology_2, chip. vb. 1 (context transitive obsolete or dialectal English) To cut; split; separate. 2 (context transitive obsolete or dialectal chiefly Scotland English) To cut or slice something off; separate by slicing. Etymology 2
vb. (context dialectal Northern England Scotland English) To sneak; skulk; proceed in a sly way; creep.
Usage examples of "slive".
Aldrick still pursued, but she had left him behind, like a doe outstripping a big slive, and she flashed a fierce smile at him.
If the slive struck him, he would grow warm and sluggish, until he sank slowly down to the ground.
It had the long body of a slive, but its tail curled up over its back, held in the air like a club.
He could outrun them on open ground, but slives had a nasty tendency to remain on the trail of their prey, sometimes following for days, waiting for their target to sleep before moving in for the kill.
He was riding one of our Big People, one of Anna’s progeny, and was slewing and sliving as I had done before I had become the center of the Mongols’ attention.