Definition of "skiver" []

• One, such as a cutting tool, that skives. (noun)
• A soft thin leather split off the outside of sheepskin and used for bookbinding. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "(Oxford English Dictionary) [31.1] A skiver is a skewer onto which meat would be threaded for cooking."
• "The point is that even those of a "skiver" mentality who entered employment with the more enlightened companies quickly changed their attitude."
• "De niggers soon 'skiver' dat he wuz a Yankee, en dat he come down ter Norf C'lina fer ter learn de w'ite folks how to raise grapes en make wine."