SKIVER

Proper noun

Skiver (plural Skivers)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Skiver is the 29403^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 804 individuals. Skiver is most common among White (94.15%) individuals.

Anagrams

• kivers

Etymology 1

Noun

skiver (plural skivers)

A slacker.

A truant; one who is absent without permission, especially from school.

Etymology 2

Noun

skiver (plural skivers)

One who uses a skive (or skives).

(dialect) A skewer.

An inferior quality of leather, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed, formerly used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc.

The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins.

Verb

skiver (third-person singular simple present skivers, present participle skivering, simple past and past participle skivered)

(UK, dialect) To skewer, impale.

Anagrams

• kivers

Source: Wiktionary

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Skiv"er, n. Etym: [Cf. Skewer, Shiver a fragment.]

1. 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.

2. The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins, as sheepskins.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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