SHIVER


Meaning of SHIVER in English

n. & v.

n. (esp. in pl.) each of the small pieces into which esp. glass is shattered when broken; a splinter.

v.tr. & intr. break into shivers. shiver my timbers a reputed piratical curse.

[ ME scifre, rel. to OHG scivaro splinter f. Gmc ]

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