shives
See also: Shives
English edit
Noun edit
shives
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Etymology edit
From Middle English scheef, from Old English sċēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *skaub.
Noun edit
shives
- The chaff and blind grain blown farthest in winnowing.
References edit
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 135