rive
verb transitive[L. rumpo, rupi. It may be allied to the family of L. rapio, reap, rip.]
pret. rived; pp. rived or riven. To split; to cleave; to rend asunder by force; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles with wedges; the riven oak; the riven clouds. The scolding winds have riv’d the knotty oaks.