skiver v [phonetics unavailable]. OED ~ v1 (1832-); EDD 5 esp Ir, s w cties. To pierce or impale; esp to bait a fish-hook, 'fork' a fish, string a trout to a withe, etc; to slip (something) on.
1891 Holly Branch 15 You know zur, there was nobody to take that there needle but the dawgs, and we had three o' 'em, so I ups with my knife and skivers the first dawg I sees—sarched he, no needle—then I rips up another one, no sign, the other dawg runned away. T 50/2-64 Take up your squid an' cut it up, or your herring—whatever it might be. But they use dabbers for caplin—snake that onto your line and skiver your caplin on. C 69-17 [tall tale] He once killed twenty-one ducks by skivering them through the eyes with the ramrod of his musket. 1970 Evening Telegram 12 May, p. 2 He threatens to skivver the first government feller what comes along with the fish prong. C 71-104 He skivered the stocking over his head.
