skivern.1
/ˈskɪvə/ Chiefly dialect.attributive.1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Skiver-wood, dogwood, of which skewers are made.1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Skiver-timber, the spindle-wood;..Euonymus europæus.
A skewer. Also figurative.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > skewer
brochette1483
pudding-pricka1529
scuet1634
skiver1664
skewer1679
skivel1791
1664 J. Wilson Projectors iv The frugal Spaniard!..that shall..carry a pound of Mutton in triumph on a Skiver!
1685 R. Boyle Ess. Effects of Motion ix. 121 A little Bodkin or skiver of wood.
1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. ii. 31 Little bits of Pork, spitted 5 or 6 of them at once, on a small skiver, and roasted.
1746 Gentleman's Mag. 16 491/1 With a skiver From love's quiver I am spitted.
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skivern.2
/ˈskʌɪvə/, U.S. /ˈskaɪvər/ 1. A thin kind of dressed leather split from the grain side of a sheep-skin and tanned in sumac, used for bookbinding, lining hats, and other commercial purposes.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > leather from sheep or goat skin
cheverela1400
sheep's leather1474
maroquin1533
saffian1591
lamb's leather1607
kid-skin1645
basil1674
kid1682
kid-leather1693
morocco leather1695
basan1714
Morocco hide1716
lambskin1725
Morocco1735
skiver1800
chevrette1884
glove-calf1885
Vici1888
Dongola1889
nappa leather1895
castor1897
mocha1909
capeskin1934
glove-sheep-
1800 Hull Advertiser 12 Apr. 2/2 Various kinds of leather,..red and brown skivers.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 443/2 The skin is ‘split’... That known as the ‘grain’..is very thin, and is dressed into a ‘skiver’.
1880 C. G. Leland Minor Arts i. 32 Now make a dragon..out of papier mâché.., cover it with skiver.
2. One who or that which skives; esp. a workman who pares or splits leather.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > worker with skins or hides > [noun] > worker with leather > who cuts or splits
leather-cutter1804
skiver1829
1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 220 At a proper age, Jem turned out to earn an honest penny, and was apprenticed to a skyver, or skinman, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
1850 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1849: Arts & Manuf. 313 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (31st Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 20, Pt. 1) VI I claim..the application of a gauge or gauges to a skiver.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2197/1 Skiver, a paring tool for leather.
1894 J. Macintosh Ayrshire Nights' Entertainm. xxi. 397 The shapes are then handed to the skivers, the fitters, and the sewers.
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skivern.3
/ˈskʌɪvə/, U.S. /ˈskaɪvər/ 1. U.S. College slang. At the University of Notre Dame: a student who leaves the campus without permission. Also occasionally in extended use with reference to other disciplinary matters. Cf. skive v.3 1. Now disused.
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society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > types at specific universities
son?c1550
Bibler1569
round cap1572
batteler1604
fellow commoner1614
gentleman-commoner1614
primar1642
Bible-clerk1650
Harry-Sopha1661
hodman1677
nobleman1682
seconder1684
grueller1691
ternar1698
tuft1755
red gowna1774
ten-year-man1816
prick-bill1818
bear1828
martinet1831
sheep1865
trotter1883
skiver1884
hall-reader1886
sign-off1902
night climber1937
techie1969
1884 Notre Dame Scholastic 31 May 604/1 Lay of the Skiver:—Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: ‘I'm collared again!’
1896 Notre Dame Scholastic 25 Apr. 487/1 Some people think the bicycle is a blessing to mankind, but the ‘skivers’ are not included in this list.
1931 Notre Dame Scholastic 23 Oct. 4/2 Around the campus, the effect of [Edison's] genius is astonishing. The gay lights of Alumni and Sorin, as well as the flood-lamps to prevent ‘skivers’.
1972 Scholastic (Univ. Notre Dame) 28 Jan. 16/1 ND students in early 20's had to get permission to go ‘downtown’. Guys that skipped off for an afternoon or evening of sin were called ‘skivers’.
2. colloquial (chiefly British). A person who skives off from work or school, or shirks a duty. Usually depreciative.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion > one who
skulkc1320
loundererc1425
old soldier1722
malingerer1785
skulker1785
shirker1799
shirk1818
slink1824
schemer1843
sconcer1843
scrimshanker1882
scrimshank1886
sooner1892
Weary Willie1896
slacker1898
slackster1901
sugarer1904
work-shy1904
gold brick1905
tired Tim (also Timothy)1906
lead-swinger1917
piker1917
gold-bricker1919
slinker1919
poler1938
skiver1941
1941 G. Kersh They die with their Boots Clean 219 Well, mud in your eye, old skivers!
1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren xvii. 372 A few children in Kirkcaldy give ‘sciver’ as a name for a truant.
1982 Times 20 Apr. 4/8 I frequently came across cases at depots where there were skivers galore.
2010 Daily Star (Nexis) 16 Aug. 1 The eye-watering sum was doled out in sickness benefit to skivers just too idle to get a job.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
skiverv.1
/ˈskɪvə/ transitive. To pierce or stab with or as with a skewer; to fasten with a skewer.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > make an opening or hole in or into > bore, pierce, or perforate > with something sharp-pointed
shearOE
sting993
stickOE
spita1225
wound?c1225
stitchc1230
pitcha1275
threstc1275
forprick1297
steekc1300
piercec1325
rivec1330
dag?a1400
jag?a1400
lancec1400
pickc1400
tamec1400
forpierce1413
punch1440
launch1460
thringc1485
empiercec1487
to-pierce1488
joba1500
ding1529
stob?1530
probe1542
enthrill1563
inthirlc1580
cloy1590
burt1597
pink1597
lancinate1603
perterebrate1623
puncture1675
spike1687
skiver1832
bepierce1840
gimlet1841
prong1848
javelin1859
society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] > with stake
stake1621
speek1644
prick1647
pale1703
skewer1781
picket1847
skiver1888
1832 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 432/2 Nor was that abject delusion destroyed even by the bayonets that skivered the Invincibles.
1874 J. P. Mahaffy Social Life Greece ix. 280 (note) The head doctors would skiver him, if they caught him taking a fee.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) Mind you skiver up the bag.
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skiverv.2
/ˈskʌɪvə/, U.S. /ˈskaɪvər/ transitive. To cut or pare (leather).
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > work with skins [verb (transitive)] > cut or pare
skivea1825
skiver1875
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2197/1 Skiver,..a machine..adjustable to skiver counters to any desired width of scarf.
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skiverv.3
U.S.
(See quot. a1891.)
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a1891 Shore Birds 33 (Cent. Dict.) At the report of a gun the frightened flock will dart about in terror, skiver, as it is technically called.
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