Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sliver \Sliv"er\, n.
   1. A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a
      splinter.

   2. A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a
      loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and
      ready for the roving or slubbing which preceeds spinning.

   3. pl. Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. {Kibblings}.
      [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.

Sliver \Sliv"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slivered}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Slivering}.] [See {Slive}, v. t.]
   To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small
   pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver
   wood. --Shak.

         They 'll sliver thee like a turnip.      --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

Source : WordNet®

sliver
     n 1: a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a
          splinter in his finger"; "it flew into flinders" [syn: {splinter},
           {flinders}]
     2: a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been
        shaved from something [syn: {paring}, {shaving}]
     v 1: divide into slivers or splinters [syn: {splinter}]
     2: break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"
        [syn: {splinter}]
     3: form into slivers; "sliver wood"