riving
Cleaving wood apart
Riving is splitting or cleaving, especially along the grain.
Wood rives when struck with a wedge; a riving knife on a table saw prevents kickback by keeping the cut open.
The word appears in literary contexts for violent tearing: Lightning rived the oak in two.
The past tense is rived or rove; the past participle rived or riven, with riven being the more common form today.
Dividing by cutting
- splittingDividing into parts
- wedgeTapered splitting tool
- froeWood-cleaving hand tool
- maulAttack with brutal force
ax · mallet · timber · log · firewood · kindling · hardwood · woodgrain
Tear apart violently
sunder · split · shatter · break · wrench · force · violent · asunder
Craft of building with lumber
- joineryFitting wood pieces together
- carpentryWood construction trade
- cooperageBarrel-making trade
- basketryArt of weaving containers
whittling · handcraft · artisanal · craftsmanship · handcrafted · traditional · heritage · woodlot
cleaving
Dividing by cutting
maul · ax · mallet · timber · log · firewood · kindling · hardwood · woodgrain · grain
rend
Tear apart violently
cleave · sunder · split · shatter · break · wrench · force · violent · asunder · divide
woodwork
Craft of building with lumber
basketry · whittling · handcraft · artisanal · craftsmanship · handcrafted · traditional · heritage · woodlot · bodger
rivingpreserving
Protecting from deterioration
maintaining · protecting · conserving · repairing · restoring