SLIVER

noun

1. A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
2. A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.
3. Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings.

verb

1. To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.