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noun a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal
noun a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
verb divide into slivers or splinters
originFrom Middle English slivere, sliver from Middle English sliven (“to cut, cleave, split”), from Old English slīfan (as in tōslīfan (“to split, split up”)).
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