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shive

(ʃaɪv)
n
1. (Brewing) a flat cork or bung for wide-mouthed bottles
2. an archaic word for slice
[C13: from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German schīve; see sheave1]
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Shive, Shove

 fragments or splinters, collectively; a cluster of splinters of raw fibres in papermaking, 1483.
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Rob Shives, EnGold's VP Exploration said 'I look forward to positive results from the geochem sampling program to commence this month.
Rob Shives, EnGold's VP Exploration said " I look forward to positive results from the geochem sampling program to commence this month.
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Burriss' obituary, posted on the website of Shives Funeral Home, drew responses lauding "a great American hero" and "one of the finest men I have ever known."
Experimental data have been obtained studying the filtration process through hemp shives using the adsorption column "Adsorption CE 583" at laboratory of Faculty of Engineering, RTA.
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Hemp (Cannabis sativa) is an annual bast fibre plant, which is a source fibre, shives, and seeds.
Extracted from sunflower seeds and hemp shives (depending on the grade), these fibers have a high soft focus effect and are used to redefine the appearance of skin by hiding small color and texture imperfections.
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Under these conditions, alternate sources of fuel begin to look economically attractive and many researchers secured funding to investigate the conversion of waste materials like straw, hemp hurds, flax shives and wood chips into biofuels.