Shive

[ʃaiv]

(n.) A slice; as, a shive of bread.

(n.) A thin piece or fragment; specifically, one of the scales or pieces of the woody part of flax removed by the operation of breaking.

(n.) A thin, flat cork used for stopping a wide-mouthed bottle; also, a thin wooden bung for casks.

Checked by Candy

n. (Shak.) a slice as of bread: a small bung for closing a wide-mouthed bottle.

Editor: Val