skiver

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If a university does not produce the occasional eloquent skiver, or unquenchably verbal time-waster, it is not fulfilling its true end.

From The Guardian • Sep. 26, 2020

A foot farther in was part of a skiver; and 2 feet beyond this was a large knife of white chert almost as clear and compact as chalcedony, shown at a in plate 27.

From Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 by Fowke, Gerard

Very thin skiver used as labels on which to gild lettering.

From Library Bookbinding by Bailey, Arthur Low

"You don't mean to say that they skiver over such fences on purpose?" says I. "Indeed they do, and build them higher and broader every year."

From Phemie Frost's Experiences by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

Bone and shell in small amounts were found here, and among them the skiver shown at d in plate 36.

From Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 by Fowke, Gerard