sleave

[Sleave]

To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term.

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The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.


n.
The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.

n.
Silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also sleave silk.

v. t.
To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term.


Sleave

Sleave , n. [Cf. Dan. sl'94if, a knot loop, Sw. slejf, G. schleife a knot, silding knot, and E. slip, v.i.] (a) The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread. (b) Silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also sleave silk.
Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care.

Sleave

Sleave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sleaved ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sleaving.] To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term.

The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.

To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term.

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