The vain shittlenesse of an unconstant head.
Baret.
Shive (?), n. [See Sheave, n.] 1. A slice; as, a shive of bread. [Obs.
or Prov. Eng.] Shak.
2. A thin piece or fragment; specifically, one of the scales or pieces
of the woody part of flax removed by the operation of breaking.
3. A thin, flat cork used for stopping a wide- mouthed bottle; also, a
thin wooden bung for casks.
Shiv"er (?), n. [OE. schivere, fr. shive; cf. G. schifer a splinter,
slate, OHG. scivere a splinter, Dan. & Sw. skifer a slate. See Shive,
and cf. Skever.] 1. One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a
brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; -- generally used in the
plural. "All to shivers dashed." Milton.
2. A thin slice; a shive. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "A shiver of their own
loaf." Fuller.
Of your soft bread, not but a shiver.
Chaucer.