chiving

Verb

chive (third-person singular simple present chives, present participle chiving, simple past and past participle chived)

1. (thieves' cant) To stab.
   • Adieu to Haul-Cly, adieu to stopping Coaches, and adieu to all the hurry-scurry of Foot-Scampering, filing, chiving, milling, and sneaking[…]1728, James Dalton, A Genuine Narrative of all the Street Robberies committed since October last, by James Dalton and his Accomplices, page 59

   Synonyms:

   jab, shiv, chef, chib, ching, enthrill, foin, gore, gride, job

2. (thieves' cant) To cut.

   Synonyms:

   incise, snithe, carve, cut, gash, incide, lacerate, race, share, snead

See all 10 meanings of chive

Noun

chiv (plural chivs)

1. The scooped-out portion at the end of a stave used to make a cask, where the croze will be incised.
2. A cooper's tool used to make that section.