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slivered

sliver \sliv"er\ (sl[i^]v"[~e]r or sl[imac]"v[~e]r; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. slivered (sl[i^]v"[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. slivering.] [See Slive, 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.
--Shak.

They 'll sliver thee like a turnip.
--Sir W. Scott.

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slivered

vb. (en-past of: sliver)

Usage examples of "slivered".

Emien watched as the sea boomed and broke, smashing the craft to a snarl of slivered wood.

Then he lifted Jaric in his arms, picked his way around the slivered door, and turned his steps toward Corlin.

Beneath the slivered beams of her cousins' home, she discovĀ­ered the bones of the Stormwarden she sought, knotted like tide wrack in the tattered wool of his cloak.

Kang gave the chair a kick that slivered it and once again tried to find the door.

Emma suggests cooking of trout (immediate) and produces from reticule a can of slivered almonds.