See also: Shives

English edit

Noun edit

shives

  1. plural of shive

Yola edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English scheef, from Old English sċēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *skaub.

Noun edit

shives

  1. 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