SLEAVE

Etymology

Verb

sleave (third-person singular simple present sleaves, present participle sleaving, simple past and past participle sleaved)

(weaving) To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads.

Synonyms

• sley

Noun

sleave (plural sleaves)

The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.

Silk not yet twisted; floss.

Anagrams

• Veales, leaves, salvee, veales

Source: Wiktionary

Sleave, n. Etym: [Cf. Dan. slöif, 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.]

Definition: To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition