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Definition of Skiving
1. n. The act of paring or splitting leather or skins.
Definition of Skiving
1. Verb. (present participle of skive) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Skiving
1. skive [v] - See also: skive
Medical Definition of Skiving
1. 1. The act of paring or splitting leather or skins. 2. A piece made in paring or splitting leather; specifically, the part from the inner, or flesh, side. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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Literary usage of Skiving
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1. The Shoe Industry by Frederick James Allen (1916)
"Such is the department in which the counting, marking, and skiving of the pieces
... The entire department is sometimes called the skiving department, ..."
2. The Shoe Industry by Frederick James Allen (1916)
"Such is the department in which the counting, marking, and skiving of the pieces
... The entire department is sometimes called the skiving department, ..."
3. The Shoe Industry by Frederick James Allen (1916)
"Such is the department in which the counting, marking, and skiving of the pieces
... The entire department is sometimes called the skiving department, ..."
4. The Shoe Industry by Frederick James Allen (1922)
"This work is done by girls upon skiving machines. ... Positions in the skiving
Department. The positions in the skiving department are, the Forewoman; ..."
5. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon, Oliver Byrne (1870)
"Hill's machine for skiving boot and shoe counters is represented, Figs. 1039 to
1041. A lever A', turning horizontally, has its fulcrum upon the upper end ..."
6. Pneumatic Tires, Automobile, Truck, Airplane, Motorcycle, Bicycle: An by Henry Clemens Pearson (1922)
"... RELINER skiving MACHINE Much money can be saved in the repair shop by utilizing
old tire casings for making ..."
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