Definition of "skiver"

skiver¹

/ˈskaɪvɚ/

noun
plural skivers
1. A slacker.
2. A truant; one who is absent without permission, especially from school.

skiver²

/ˈskaɪvɚ/

noun
plural skivers
1. One who uses a skive (or skives).
2. (dialect) A skewer.
3. An inferior quality of leather, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed, formerly used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc.
4. The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins.
verb
third-person singular simple present skivers, present participle skivering, simple past and past participle skivered
1. (UK, dialect) To skewer, impale.
  Quotations
  […] it's I that wishes I could be sure 'twas malice, I'd skiver you, heels and elbows, on my sword, and roast you alive on that fire.
  1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “chapter 10”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Tinsley, Brothers, […]
  I'll finish heating the oven, and set you free to go and skiver up them ducks.
  1886 May – 1887 April, Thomas Hardy, “chapter 9”, in The Woodlanders […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London, New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published 1887