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Definition of Slive
1. v. i. To sneak.
2. v. t. To cut; to split; to separate.
Definition of Slive
1. Verb. (transitive obsolete or dialectal) To cut; split; separate. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive obsolete or dialectal chiefly Scotland) To cut or slice something off; separate by slicing. ¹
3. Noun. (dialectal) A slice or sliver; slip, chip. ¹
4. Verb. (dialectal Northern England Scotland) To sneak; skulk; proceed in a sly way; creep. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slive
1. to slip [v SLOVE or SLIVED, SLIVEN, SLIVING, SLIVES] - See also: slip
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slive
Literary usage of Slive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Provincial and Local Words Used in England by Francis Grose, Samuel Pegge (1839)
"Dial. slive, to cleave, or cut in general. Also a slice; as, A slive off a cut
loaf will not be missed. slive; to slive, to sneak. Lincolnsh.; a Dan. si, ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"... vox adhuc in agro Line, usitata." slive, v. past SLIV.—To sneak, creep.
They'll slive away anywhere, them folks as doesn't like work. ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Wedgwood further cites : ' I'll slive on my gown and gang wi' thee,' Craven
Glossary ; also a quotation from Clare, ..."
4. A Glossary of Words Used in South-west Lincolnshire: (Wapentake of Graffoe) by Robert Eden George Cole (1886)
"slive, v. past SLIV.—To sneak, creep. They'll slive away anywhere, them folks as
doesn't like work. He ¡lives round and pricks it all over. ..."
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