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Definition of 'Sleave'

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Sleave \Sleave\ (sl[=e]v), n. [Cf. Dan. sl["o]if, a knot loop, Sw. slejf, G. schleife a knot, sliding 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}. [1913 Webster]
Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Sleave'

From: GCIDE

Sleave \Sleave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sleaved (sl[=e]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. Sleaving.] To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term. [1913 Webster]

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