Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Shive \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.