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Pronunciation : Sleave
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. Dan. sl?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
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Sleave
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term.

t. [imp. & p. p. Sleaved; p. pr. & vb. n. Sleaving.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913