SLEAVES
Verb
sleaves
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sleave
Noun
sleaves
plural of sleave
Anagrams
• salvees
Source: Wiktionary
SLEAVE
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