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Definition of Slivered
1. sliver [v] - See also: sliver
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slivered
Literary usage of Slivered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of Her Majesty Queen Caroline Amelia Eliz., Consort of George IV by John Wilks (1822)
"... th the Queen -< was so ast< tion, and troduced ments; 1 which j clared ' immed
to the entru tee: folio ja ctf*5* »^ : ^ j slivered ^and man- 0, ..."
2. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1902)
"An injury resulting from this kind of fracture leaves a long and slivered end
some distance from the point where healing takes place. ..."
3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1826 The sword-fish's sword was much slivered in passing through [the vessel's
keel.]. ... 1856 Your shot struck me on the collar-bone, and slivered it ..."
4. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1910)
"40 is from the same place, shorter, but similar in that the section is sub-triangular
and that each end is both battered and slivered. ..."
5. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1906)
"89 and 88 also had slivered tops, otherwise not damaged. Pole No. 87 was evidently
the breaking point of the arcs and possibly this pole received a ..."
6. A History of the New England Fisheries: With Maps by Raymond McFarland (1911)
"At a time when the hand-line mackerel fishery was at its height thousands of
barrels of "slivered" menhaden were used annually for bait by the New England ..."
7. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1899)
"There was no dispute but that the break in the step was of the projecting part
of the tread, that it "slivered off" about three fourths of the length of the ..."
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