skive
verb
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Pronunciation: /ˈskaɪv/
noun
Etymology: Probably from Dutch schijf (“slice”), probably influenced by shive. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skībǭ (“a shaving; slice”). Cognate to English shive, German Scheibe (“slice”), Old Norse skífa (“to cut into slices, slice”).
- A rotating iron disk coated with oil and diamond dust used to polish the facets of a diamond.
“This accident sometimes occasions a flaw in the diamond, and always damages the skive, by tearing up its surface.”
“When the cut diamond is fixed in the dop, and that is adjusted in the tongs, the stone is placed upon the skive, which, being set in motion, if the diamond be examined in the course of from ten to fifteen minutes time, the facet will appear to have lost a part of the gray colour it had obtained from the process of cutting, and a brilliant lustre or polish will begin to appear, which is solely produced from the imbedded powder with which the surface of the skive is charged.”
- An angled cut or bevel at the edge of something.
“There would be no need for medial heel skive and the heel cup can be of normal depth.”
“The angle and the depth of skives should be specified.”
verb
Etymology: Probably from Dutch schijf (“slice”), probably influenced by shive. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skībǭ (“a shaving; slice”). Cognate to English shive, German Scheibe (“slice”), Old Norse skífa (“to cut into slices, slice”).
- To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of.
“In the leather industry skive has another connotation, concerning splitting the skin perpendicularly to its thickness into thin layers. Imagine now being able to skive at the nanoscale.”
“Following the photo above from top to bottom, round off each end and skive the flesh side then using an old chisel the same width of the lace, cut a hole – open this out and thread each lace into the opposing hole – pull tight gently and flatten with a rubber hammer or other item, but gently.”