Lexicographical Neighbors of Skivered
Literary usage of Skivered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The cruise of the Snowbird by Gordon Stables, William Gordon Stables (1882)
"A kind o' right down skivered." " Well," said McBain smiling, " I trust it is a
... Well, I am skivered ! " When men of the world meet in foreign lands ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"Skittery, slippery, like ice or smooth stones. FWPJ, MB Skiver, a skewer.
skivered down, skewered down. " She walks about with her arms ..."
3. A Glossary of Words and Phrases Pertaining to the Dialect of Cumberland by William Dickinson (1880)
"Skittery, slippery, like ice or smooth stones. FWPJ, MB Skiver, a skewer.
skivered down, skewered down. " She walks about with her arms ..."
4. Nature and Human Nature by Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1855)
"What in natur would our dear Missus do widout you and me; for it was me skivered
how to cure de pip in chickens, and make de eggs all hatch out roosters or ..."
5. Journal of the House of Representatives of the ... Regular Session of the by House of Representatives, Iowa, General Assembly (1897)
"These are passed through a machine which splits off the inner surface, leaving
the outside of the required thickness, and are called "skivers" or " skivered ..."
6. The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: Travels and Explorations of the by Jesuits, Reuben Gold Thwaites (1899)
"While one was burning in the heat of fever, another skivered with cold; and, to
console us, we were often told, by people from various places, that men were ..."
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