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A series of summon -type cards in Magic: the Gathering, in which every creature granted some specific special feature to every other sliver, making slivers in game mostly each other's clones, with each getting stronger with every new sliver in game.


(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) I like it! Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:12:04

Sliv"er (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slivered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slivering.] [See Slive, v. t.]

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

Shak.

They 'll sliver thee like a turnip. Sir W. Scott.

 

© Webster 1913.


Sliv"er, n.

1.

A long piece cut ot 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 preceeds spinning.

3. pl.

Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings.

[Local, U.S.]

Bartlett.

 

© Webster 1913.


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