Bundles of cellulose fiber that were not adequately separated from each other during mechanical pulping or torn whole from the log during grinding. Shives are also bundles of fibers not completely digested during chemical pulping. (See Pulping.)
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Bundles of cellulose fiber that were not adequately separated from each other during mechanical pulping or torn whole from the log during grinding. Shives are also bundles of fibers not completely digested during chemical pulping. (See Pulping.)