[Fictionary] Yes, Virginia, there is a "shive" (or, The True Meaning of Shive)

[Hutch]

The winner, by his correct vote is J-J. Back to you, sir!

However, based on comments, the most popular fictionition was
definitely Ranjit's "secret integer".

Ballot Results:

shive n. 1. A  motif consisting of line segments that fit in a circle
and converge to a point slightly outside the circle. 2. A tool for
imprinting this motif in leather.
Pierre Abbat
1
Nicolas:  I'm having a hard time picturing the first def, even though
I like the second def. [Ed. Note: I'm afraid I have a hard time
picturing the first definition, too.]
Linda:  Is this like a set of hidden eye lashes? Complicated to think
about, but I was once fond of odd geometric figures in my art work.
Best one incorporated a conchoid  (I was the first to ask Compton's
Encyclopedia what that was, when I was in HS and I was trying to
trisect an angle in my geek period)  and some lines of the same length
in a suck-your-eye-in composition.  Lost when I gave it to my younger
brother--who knows what he did with it??? He was much geekier than I
was. Imaginary one-third point.
J-J:  I can picture this, kind of like a perspective view of a cone.
What the heck, one point.

shive v. To take an alternate route which is longer, but avoids congested areas.
J-J Cote
4 + 2 for a correct guess = 6
Nicolas:  If this is a word, it seems like it would be more Googley.
[Ed Note: "Googley???"]
David:  Isn't this "commuting"?
Linda:  Sounds right.
Pierre:  Two points. Reminds me of "esquivar".
J-J:  Mine. I can imagine the usage, "Oh, it's going to be slow
getting through Waterbury, let's take this exit and shive around
through Naugatuck".

shive n The secret integer between five and six, in the esoteric
novels of T. Tankara Bowe.
Ranjit Bhatnagar
1
Nicolas:  This hurts my brain.
fictioneric:  Holy crap! A very emphatic point. If these novels turn
out not to exist, I shall insist that the submitter write them. [Ed.
Note: I agree! Ranjit, I think you've got your work cut out for you.
:-) ]
Linda:  What else did Bowe write? Linda PS five and a half imaginary points
Pierre:  That's "bleem", which has the approximate value 5.dccbeaf in decimal.
J-J:  Not to be confuse with "fhix", which is the name of this integer
in Bowe's more pedestrian works. (Gotta be Elliott, right?)

shive v. To annoint with oil before a death or a coronation.
Linda F Owens
3 + 1 for correct guess = 4
Nicolas:  For some reason I like the verbal image of "shiving with
nard" (see Matthew 26). 2 points.
David:  Shrive award.
fictioneric:  Shrive
J-J:  Anointing before death? Hmm, sounds like somebody is in
possession of some ominous information ...
Jim:  1 point

shive v. To move quarried stone with log rollers.
Nicolas Ward
5
Nicolas:  Mine.
David:  1 point
fictioneric:  Two points. I choose this old-timey def.
Linda:  My husband David has used rollers to move stuff, so I will
give this 2 points.
J-J:  Almost voted for this. Seems like it needs a word, and I'm not
aware of one.

shive n. 1. A cigarette of Indian tobacco. 2. Any cheap or low-quality
cigarette.
fictioneric
5
Nicolas:  This seems likely to be real. 1 point.
David:  2 points
Linda:  Using shag tobacco? Linda do not give points for
tobacco-related defs. Parents were chain smokers.
Pierre:  One point.
J-J:  I've seen a word for these, but I can't remember what it is. I
don't think this was it, though.

shive v. To steal saplings from an orchard.
David Randall
0
Nicolas:  I imagine Johnny Appleseed's nemesis was a shiver.
Linda:  Nick? Pinch? Linda PS One-stolen apple sapling in bloom
J-J:  Scrumping isn't aggressive enough for you? Try shiving!

shive n. A broad bung hammered into a hole in the top of a cask when
the cask has been filled.
Oxford Dictionary
5
Nicolas:  Does a bung function differently whether or not the cask is full?
Linda:  Brave last position. 1 point. Linda
J-J:  Beermaking word. Sounds like something Hutch would know about.
Two points. [Ed. Note: In fact, I didn't even think about that … and
did not, in fact, know the word before I went looking for a word for
this round. *LOL*]
Jim:  2 points
Hutch: The Oxford definition included the derivation: [ME sheave:
'slice' (of bread), later 'piece of split wood']. I left it out to
make it fit in better since no one had included a derivation with
their fictionition.

Some Additional Stuff:

Two people included joke definitions. I didn't include them with the
ballot because ...

Linda: shive v. Australian Outback slang for removing hair from the
face, underarms, legs, or head with a razor.
J-J: shive interj. [from _God's apiary_] Used to express anger,
surprise, or indignation.

... ANOTHER of you requested the meaning of the OTHER word, which I
had stated no one had gotten correct. However, the reason I selected
"shive" rather than "spile" was because I noticed after sending that
email what I had missed before: the North American meaning, which
everyone who had known the word had known correctly. I didn't want the
real definition of "spile" to point people toward the real definition
of "shive". When I selected them, I didn't think about the fact that
their meanings (British meanings, at any rate) are fairly similar.

Oxford Dictionary:
spile n. 1 a small wooden peg or spigot for stopping a cask. (North
American) a small wooden or metal spout for tapping the sap from a
sugar maple.
            2 a large, heavy timber driven into the ground to support
a superstructure.
        v. [with object] chiefly US or dialect broach (a cask) with a
peg in order to draw off liquid.
Origin: early 16th century: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German,
'wooden peg'; in spile (sense 2 of the noun) apparently an alteration
of pile

And now I believe it's time to go relax for a couple of weeks.
aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
BB,
Hutch

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