sleave

Definitions

1. 1.(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.
2. 2.To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is (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 called?
• What is to separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term called?