Shiver

·noun A thin slice; a shive.

II. Shiver ·noun A variety of blue slate.

III. Shiver ·noun A Spindle.

IV. Shiver ·noun The act of shivering or trembling.

V. Shiver ·noun A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.

VI. Shiver ·noun A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter.

VII. Shiver ·vi To separate suddenly into many small pieces or parts; to be shattered.

VIII. Shiver ·vt To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.

IX. Shiver ·noun One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence;

— generally used in the plural.

X. Shiver ·vi To Tremble; to Vibrate; to Quiver; to shake, as from cold or fear.

XI. Shiver ·vt To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to Shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet.