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sliver

a loose strand or fibre obtained by carding

sliver [′sliv·ər]

(materials)

A piece of propellant grain of triangular cross section which remains unburned when the web of multiperforated grains has been burned through.

(metallurgy)

A thin, elongated fragment of metal that has been rolled onto the surface of the parent metal and is attached by only one end.

(textiles)

A round, untwisted strand of fiber removed from the carding or combing machine and used to spin yarn.

Sliver

the designation of various textile materials, such as semifinished products in thread production, as well as fabric made in the form of a narrow strip. In spinning, the sliver is a loose product consisting of many continuous, long, more or less even and parallel fibers; it is made on carding and combing machines. Fabric sliver is strips of fabric (usually 1–10 cm wide) of various fiber content, with selvage. Slivers may be ornamental, or they may be used for finishing (for dresses or hats), trim (for lace on underwear or for shoulder straps), or reinforcement (on garters or suspenders). Some slivers—for example, those used for ribbons—undergo special finishing, such as the production of a moiré effect or crimping.

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I fed it, shaving by shaving, and sliver by sliver, till at last it was snapping and crackling as it laid hold of the smaller chips and sticks.

The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context

And Harris Collins, a sliver of a less than a light-weight man, who lived in mortal fear that at table the mother of his children would crown him with a plate of hot soup, went into the cage, before the critical audience of his employees and professional visitors, armed only with a broom-handle.

Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context

When old Marheyo received his share of the spoils, immediate preparations were made for a midnight banquet; calabashes of poee-poee were filled to the brim; green bread-fruit were roasted; and a huge cake of 'amar' was cut up with a sliver of bamboo and laid out on an immense banana-leaf.

Typee by Melville, Herman View in context

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