RIVING

Verb

riving

present participle of rive

Noun

riving (plural rivings)

(historical, agriculture) A strip of a townfield.

(archaic) A piece of split wood.

Anagrams

• Irving, Virgin, Virnig, virgin, viring

Source: Wiktionary


RIVE

Rive, v. t. [imp. Rived; p. p. Rived or Riven (; p. pr. & vb. n. Riving.] Etym: [Icel. rifa, akin to Sw. rifva to pull asunder, burst, tear, Dan. rive to rake, pluck, tear. Cf. Reef of land, Rifle a gun, Rift, Rivel.]

Definition: To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles. I shall ryve him through the sides twain. Chaucer. The scolding winds have rived the knotty oaks. Shak. Brutus hath rived my heart. Shak.

Rive, v. i.

Definition: To be split or rent asunder. Freestone rives, splits, and breaks in any direction. Woodward.

Rive, n.

Definition: A place torn; a rent; a rift. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNAMBIGUOUS

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