·noun A place torn; a rent; a rift.
II. Rive ·vi To be split or rent asunder.
III. Rive ·vt To rend asunder by force; to Split; to Cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles.
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
The sea-shore. Also, as a verb, to split wood. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book