Well, I walked to the winder and looked out, but there was nothin' to see there; and then I turned and looked at a great big map on the wall, and there was nothin' I didn't know there; and then I took out my pen-knife to whittle, but my nails was all whittled off already, except one, and that was made into a pen, and I didn't like to spile that; and as there wasn't any thing I could get hold of, I jist Slivered a great big bit off the leg of the chair, and began to make a toothpick of it.
"The Attache or, Sam Slick in England, Complete"
Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Sometimes the bone is Slivered, or the wound becomes infected and inflamed.
"Common Diseases of Farm Animals"
R. A. Craig, D. V. M.
Horse-soup, with a few potato-sprouts, and one or two Slivered carrots to the gallon, formed the menu to-day.
"The Dop Doctor"
Clotilde Inez Mary Graves