[shiv.er] n [ME; akin to OHG scivaro splinter] (13c): one of the small pieces into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence
[2]shiver vb shiv.ered ; shiv.er.ing (13c): to break into many small pieces: shatter [3]shiver vb shiv.ered ; shiv.er.ing [ME, alter. of chiveren] vi (15c) 1: to undergo trembling: quiver
2: to tremble in the wind as it strikes first one and then the other side (of a sail) ~ vt: to cause (a sail) to shiver by steering close to the wind [4]shiver n (1727) 1: an instance of shivering: tremble
2: an intense shivery sensation esp. of fear--often used in pl. with the "horror movies give him the ~s"