skive

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İngilizce - İngilizce
The iron lap used by diamond polishers in finishing the facets of the gem
To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of (hides or leather)
To avoid one's assigned work or duty. To slack off
To avoid ones assigned work or duty. To slack off
A cut made on an angle to the surface to produce a tapered or feathered cut
remove the surface of; "skive leather
{f} slice or cut off in thin layers, shave, pare
remove the surface of; "skive leather"
the removal of a short length of cover and/or tube to permit the attachment of a fitting directly over the hose reinforcement
If you skive, you avoid working, especially by staying away from the place where you should be working. The company treated me as though I were skiving. Skive off means the same as skive. `I absolutely hated school,' Rachel says. `I skived off all the time.' Almost everybody's kids skive off school. To cut thin layers off (leather or rubber, for example); pare. to avoid work or school by staying away or leaving without permission (Perhaps from esquiver )
skiver
A slacker
skiver
One who uses a skive (or skives)
skived
past of skive
skiver
An inferior quality of leather, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed
skiver
{i} thin leather skin (used for bookbinding); one who cuts off in thin slices, one who pares
skiver
The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins, as sheepskins
skiver
It is used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc
skives
plural of skive
skiving
Present participle of to skive
skiving
The act of paring or splitting leather or skins
skiving
A piece made in paring or splitting leather; specifically, the part from the inner, or flesh, side