About The Word Sleave
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Sleave
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What's The Definition Of Sleave?Synonyms | Synonyms for Sleave: Related Terms | Find terms related to Sleave: See Also | Sleave In Webster's Dictionary \Sleave\, n. [Cf. Dan. sl["o]if, 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.
--Shak.
\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. |
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