11-519: [REDACTED] Look up shiv in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The word Shiv or shiv may refer to: People with the name [ edit ] Shivnarine Chanderpaul , a West Indies cricketer nicknamed Shiv Arts, entertainment, and media [ edit ] Shiv, a fictional location in Magic: The Gathering, see Dominaria Shiv,
22-594: A villain in the animated series Static Shock Siobhan "Shiv" Roy, a character in the drama series Succession Other uses [ edit ] Shiv (weapon) , a type of sharp weapon Shiv, a shortened form of the name Siobhan Shiv, a local Marathi name for Sion, Mumbai Shiv, or Shiva , a Hindu deity Hemp shiv , the woody waste material from flax, hemp, and linseed plants Simian human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV) See also [ edit ] Shiva (disambiguation) Siva (disambiguation) Sivan (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
33-416: A fictional location in Magic: The Gathering, see Dominaria Shiv, a villain in the animated series Static Shock Siobhan "Shiv" Roy, a character in the drama series Succession Other uses [ edit ] Shiv (weapon) , a type of sharp weapon Shiv, a shortened form of the name Siobhan Shiv, a local Marathi name for Sion, Mumbai Shiv, or Shiva , a Hindu deity Hemp shiv ,
44-419: A glass shard with fabric wrapped around one end to form a handle, to a razor blade stuck in the end of a toothbrush, to a simple toothbrush handle, filed to a sharp point. In the 1950s, British criminal Billy Hill described his use of the shiv: I was always careful to draw my knife down on the face, never across or upwards. Always down. So that if the knife slips you don't cut an artery. After all, chivving
55-421: Is a handcrafted bladed weapon resembling a knife that is commonly associated with prison inmates. Since weapons are highly prohibited in the prison environment, the intended mode of concealment is central to a shiv's construction. An especially thin handle, for instance, makes it easier to conceal in available cracks or crevices in the prison's construction, or in stacks of objects, such as books, permitted to
66-447: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages shiv [REDACTED] Look up shiv in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The word Shiv or shiv may refer to: People with the name [ edit ] Shivnarine Chanderpaul , a West Indies cricketer nicknamed Shiv Arts, entertainment, and media [ edit ] Shiv,
77-563: Is reflected in the spelling shiv recorded in underworld slang from 1915 and possibly used since the 1890s or earlier. The cant word probably came from the Romani word chiv for "blade" (compare Romani chivomengro "knifeman"). The derived verb shiv means "to stab someone", and a shivver is an archaic term for a criminal who attacks victims with a knife. The word is prison slang for an improvised knife. The word generally applies to both stabbing and edged weapons. A shiv can be anything from
88-410: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shiv&oldid=1201691418 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Shiv (weapon) A shiv , also chiv, schiv , shivvie , or shank ,
99-429: The prisoners; however, this can also render the shiv difficult to grip and wield. Routine body searches in prison make it difficult to conceal a shiv on one's person on a continuous basis. As well as the prison authorities, it is also desirable to conceal possession of a shiv from members of rival prison populations . The word is recorded from the 1670s in the spelling chive as cant for knife , whose pronunciation
110-405: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Shiv . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shiv&oldid=1201691418 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
121-419: The woody waste material from flax, hemp, and linseed plants Simian human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV) See also [ edit ] Shiva (disambiguation) Siva (disambiguation) Sivan (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Shiv . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
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