The sea-shore. Also, as a verb, to split wood.
·noun A place torn; a rent; a rift. II. Rive ·vi To be split or rent asunder. III. Rive ·vt To ren...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
to rend or tear ; to rive all a dawds, to tear all to rags. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose