Answer: shive

AnswerCrossword Clue
SHIVESplinter.
SHIVEThin, flat cork
SHIVEFlax splinter
shivea traditional seven-day period of mourning the dead that is observed in Jewish homes often used in the phrase sit shivah
shivea thin fragment
shivesliver or fragment; splinter
shivesplinter or fragment of the husk of flax, hemp, etc.
shivethe ligneous waste product obtained by braking and scutching flax
shivethin plug, as of wood or cork, for stopping the bunghole of a cask or the mouth of a bottle