skiver

To skewer; impale.

Same as skiving-knife.

Leather split by the skiving-knife; a thin leather made of the grained side of split sheepskin tanned in sumac. It is used for cheap bindings for books, the lining of hats, pocket-books, etc. Compare skiving.

In shoe manufacturing, a machine for cutting counters for shoes and for making rands; a leather-skiving machine.

An old form of dirk.

A skewer.

To scatter; disperse; fly apart or in various directions, as a flock of birds.

An inferior quality of leather, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed. It is used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc.

The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins, as sheepskins.

One who uses a skive (or skives).