Means to cut or splinter into long, thin strips, with a sharp knife on a cutting board
a gel-chip bonded to an interface card Slivers are used for many purposes; removable data storage, credit chips, recorded media transfer, computer memory backup, etc
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
‑ An untwisted strand or rope of textile fiber produced by a carding or combing machine
A sliver of something is a small thin piece or amount of it. Not a sliver of glass remains where the windows were. a small pointed or thin piece that has been cut or broken off something sliver of (slive (11-19 centuries), from slifan)
The term comes from medieval Anglo-Saxon words sleave, slive, meaning to split or slit Sliver has no twist and is the produce of the carding process and drawing process on the cotton system Sliver consists of a continuous rope of parallel fibers of cotton, wool, rayon, or some other material, with no twist applied