chive

noun

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Pronunciation: /t͡ʃaɪv/

Etymology: From Romani chive, chiv, chivvomengro (“knife, dagger, blade”).

A knife.
“For when that he hath nubbed as, / And our friends tip him no cole, / He takes his chive and cuts us down, / And tips us into a hole.”
“None of us know'd then—though the grabbing at Nan Turner's came off that very night—as Polly was the cause o' that 'ere, till it vos blown here at the Gate by some of the coves. Vell, she nammused, as you may guess, but fust poor old Madge Rhodes got a chive in her breather from Black Gil.”
A file.
A saw.

Etymology: From Romani chive, chiv, chivvomengro (“knife, dagger, blade”).

To stab.
“Adieu to Haul-Cly, adieu to stopping Coaches, and adieu to all the hurry-scurry of Foot-Scampering, filing, chiving, milling, and sneaking[…]”
“He was as good a man as Jacky at any weapon that could be named, and if Jacky were game for a chiving (stabbing) match, he (Kavanagh) was ready for him.”
To cut.