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Definition: SKIVER |
SKIVERNoun1. The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins, as sheepskins. 2. 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. |
Note: Skiver \Skiv"er\, noun. [Compare to Skewer, Shiver fragment.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Industry | The tanned outer or grain split of a sheep or lamb skin. Sometimes applied to goatskin. In Germany and Spain the term is also used for the grain split of a raw sheep pelt. Source: European Union. (references) |
Occupations | Tends machines that cut scrap tires or split rubber sheets for reclaiming rubber: Adjusts guides to accommodate tire size and cut to be made, and installs blades, using handtools. Lifts tire or sheet onto powered rollers by hand or with hoist. Starts rollers that force tire or sheet against blade or endless-belt-type saw to split tire or sheet into piles, shear tire into sections, sever bead from tire, trim rubber from carcass, or separate sponge rubber from carpeting. May be designated according to type of cutting performed as Carcass Trimmer (rubber reclaim.); Scrap-Tire Shearer (rubber reclaim.); Tire Debeader (rubber reclaim.). (references) |
| Tends machine that bevels edges of leather parts of articles, such as belting, gloves, wallets, cigarette and key cases, and handbags to prepare parts for joining: Turns setscrews to adjust gauge, guide, feed roller, and blade, to regulate angle of bevel. Depresses pedal to start machine. Positions part on bed of machine against gauge and beneath guide. Guides part over feed roller that forces edge of material against blade to skive edge. Sharpens blade, using emery wheel. May pull leather strips across fixed cutting edge to reduce thickness and be designated Skiver, Hand (leather prod.). (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: SKIVER |
| Specialty definitions using "SKIVER": fold skiver ♦ SKIVER, BLOCKERS ♦ V-BELT SKIVER. (references) |
| "SKIVER" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "SKIVER" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "SKIVER" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Skiver | Last name | 300 | 26,046 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
skiver | 16 |
leather skiver | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SKIVER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | thikë për prerje e lëkurës. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | цепеняк, кожа за подвързия, нож за цепене на кожи, машина за цепене на кожи. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ulejvák (dodger, shirk, slacker, truant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | skiver, skærfer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | splitter, skiver. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | skaivers, ohentaja. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | scié, pareur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Skiver, schwänzer (truant), Schärfer (keener, sharpener, sharpeners, sharper), kneifer (chicken, pince nez, quitter, shirker, yellow belly), fauler bruder, faule schwester, drückeberger (blue funk, Conchy, coward, hedger, quitter, quitters, shirker, shirkers, slacker, slackers). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γναφεύς, μαχαιρίδιο για δέρματα, πρόβειο βιβλιοδετικό δέρμα, πριονισμένο, υπάλληλος ρεφιλαρίσματος, επικοσμητής, τεχνίτης που τελειοποιεί ένα έργο, ομαλιστής εριούχων υφασμάτων. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | faragókasza, naplopó (faineant, gadabout, gadder, hake, idler, layabout, lounger, slacker, slouch, slug, yob), munkakerülő (bum, rotter, shirker, slothful), lógós (bum, hanger-on, malingerer, moss-back, quitter, shirker, skulk, slacker, work-shy), hasítókés, gyalukés, barkahasíték, amerikázó. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | spaccato ovino, scarnitore. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | skynn scoltee (chopping knife). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iverskay rebaixar (abase, banalize, belittle, bemean, bust, crab, debase, decry, degrade, demean, demote, denigrate, depreciate, diminish, disparagement, flank, humble, humiliated, lower, mark down, put down, vilipend, vulgarize), raspador (raker, rasp, rasper, rubber, scraper), flor (bloom, blossom, flower, flowering), facear, faca (gaff, knife, table knife), couro para encadernação. (various references) тонкая кожа, нож для разрезания кожи. (various references) sekač za kožu, kaiš (belt, safety-strip, strap). (various references) rebajador, flor de piel lanar, cuero fino y blando, chifla. (various references) skiver, skärflerska, skärflare. (various references) sahtiyan (morocco leather, Russia, russia leather, saffian, shagreen), kaytaran, kösele yontma bıçağı, işini asan. (various references) тонка шкіра, ніж для розрізання шкіри. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "SKIVER": skivers. (additional references) | |
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"SKIVER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eskiver, Kirvor, Scivyer, Scriver, sivar, sivre, skeve, skivey, skivie, skivy, skove. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "SKIVER" (pronounced skī"ver) |
| 3 | -ī" v er | diver, driver, Shriver, siver, stiver, survivor. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-k-r-s-v" | |
-1 letter: keirs, kiers, rives, siker, siver, skier, skive, viers, vires. | |
-2 letters: ires, irks, keir, kier, kirs, kris, reis, revs, rise, risk, rive, sike, sire, vier, vies, vise. | |
-3 letters: ers, ire, irk, kir, rei, res, rev, sei, ser, sir, ski, sri, vie, vis. | |
-4 letters: er, es, is, re, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-k-r-s-v" | |
+1 letter: skivers. | |
+2 letters: invokers, oversick, skydiver. | |
+3 letters: knaveries, mavericks, overkills, overmilks, overskirt, reinvokes, skydivers, valkyries. | |
+4 letters: drawknives, kerchieves, overdrinks, overskirts, overstrike, overthinks, overtricks, perovskite, riverbanks, silverback, strikeover. | |
+5 letters: moviemakers, oversmoking, oversoaking, overstrikes, overtasking, perovskites, quicksilver, silverbacks, strikeovers, volkslieder. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 4B 49 56 45 52 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.- .. ...- . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01001011 01001001 01010110 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S K I V E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 004B 0049 0056 0045 0052 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)534543563952 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage Frequency 4. Names: Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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