Shive

n.	1.	A slice; as, a shive of bread.
	2.	A thin piece or fragment; specifically, one of the scales or pieces of the woody part of flax removed by the operation of breaking.
	3.	A thin, flat cork used for stopping a wide-mouthed bottle; also, a thin wooden bung for casks.

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Shive, Shove fragments or splinters, collectively; a cluster of splinters of raw fibres in papermaking, 1483.