sliver
noun
°A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
°A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.
verb
°To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood.
synonyms: shard, slice, splinter