Thesaurus: sleave

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1. n. The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.
2. n. Silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also sleave silk.
3. v. t. To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term.
4. (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. To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term.
5. To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads;to sley; -- a weaver's term.
6. 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.