To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood. Shak. They 'll sliver thee like a turnip. Sir W. Scott.
A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which preceeds spinning.
Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.
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