2. Verb. (third-person singular of shiv) ¹
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Definition of Shivs
1. shiv [n] - See also: shiv
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shivs
Literary usage of Shivs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Euripides by Euripides, Gilbert Murray, Aristophanes (1906)
"heroic stranger, and gives him a clue of thread, by which, if he shivs the monster,
he will be able to retrace hi> steps out of the labyrinth. ..."
2. The Boys of '76: A History of the Battles of the Revolution by Charles Carleton Coffin (1899)
"... THE shivs. One hundred cannon have been lost; three hundred men have been
killed, wounded, or taken prisoners. An immense amount of powder has been ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"... ii'iii shivs, the particles of wood and other foreign substances from which
the wool has to be cleansed after scouring. ..."
4. Handbook for Travellers in Southern Germany: Being a Guide to Würtemberg by John Murray (Firm) (1871)
"... their neighbours the Germans on one side, and the shivs on the other : their
cradle is to be sought in the far E., by the side of that of the Turcoman. ..."
5. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay by Asiatic Society of Bombay (1872)
"He accompanied them to shivs. " You are," said he to Brahma, *' the mischief-maker!"
"Anoint me now to be the Lord of the cattle, ie you, ..."
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