Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The operation of taking off the rough fleshy parts from the inner surface of a skin by short oblique cuts with a curriers' knife.
- noun The rejected thickness of leather of the flesh side, when leather is split for thin shoes and the like.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of paring or splitting leather or skins.
- noun A piece made in paring or splitting leather; specifically, the part from the inner, or flesh, side.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
skive . - noun A piece made in skiving (the
paring orsplitting ofleather ), especially the part from theinner , orflesh , side.
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Examples
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Ms. Neithardt and a second instructor, Emily Putterman, who has taught shoemaking at Pratt Institute and the Fashion Institute of Technology, among other places, had led the students through the cobbler's steps: taping their lasts -- the forms upon which shoes are made -- to make a pattern molding; and "skiving" -- that is, planing or shaving -- the inner sole, which was fashioned from two kinds of leather and a steel shank.
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From there is progressed from trash duty to organizing the leather, soon moving on to cutting and skiving, and over the course of two and a half years, he became a full fledged apprentice, learning how to make his own shoes.
Joy Yoon: The Well-Honed Craft of George Esquivel (PHOTOS) Joy Yoon 2010
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From there is progressed from trash duty to organizing the leather, soon moving on to cutting and skiving, and over the course of two and a half years, he became a full fledged apprentice, learning how to make his own shoes.
Joy Yoon: The Well-Honed Craft of George Esquivel (PHOTOS) Joy Yoon 2010
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Headlines tell me every one is skiving except the ticket issuers,
Through The Looking Glass « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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From there is progressed from trash duty to organizing the leather, soon moving on to cutting and skiving, and over the course of two and a half years, he became a full fledged apprentice, learning how to make his own shoes.
Joy Yoon: The Well-Honed Craft of George Esquivel (PHOTOS) Joy Yoon 2010
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From there is progressed from trash duty to organizing the leather, soon moving on to cutting and skiving, and over the course of two and a half years, he became a full fledged apprentice, learning how to make his own shoes.
Joy Yoon: The Well-Honed Craft of George Esquivel (PHOTOS) Joy Yoon 2010
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Trophy Bonded bullets have had an enviable reputation as premium projectiles for the past quarter century, but now Federal has greatly improved them by adding a polymer tip, replacing the flat base with a boattail, adding exterior skiving (fracture lines) for improved expansion, and plating both the bullet and the case in nickel, which reduces fouling and eliminates case corrosion.
Best New Rifle Ammo 2009: Federal Vital-Shok Trophy Bonded Tip 2009
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From there is progressed from trash duty to organizing the leather, soon moving on to cutting and skiving, and over the course of two and a half years, he became a full fledged apprentice, learning how to make his own shoes.
Joy Yoon: The Well-Honed Craft of George Esquivel (PHOTOS) Joy Yoon 2010
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From there is progressed from trash duty to organizing the leather, soon moving on to cutting and skiving, and over the course of two and a half years, he became a full fledged apprentice, learning how to make his own shoes.
Joy Yoon: The Well-Honed Craft of George Esquivel (PHOTOS) Joy Yoon 2010
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From there is progressed from trash duty to organizing the leather, soon moving on to cutting and skiving, and over the course of two and a half years, he became a full fledged apprentice, learning how to make his own shoes.
Joy Yoon: The Well-Honed Craft of George Esquivel (PHOTOS) Joy Yoon 2010
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