SLEY
Etymology
Noun
sley (plural sleys)
reed (of a loom)
A guideway in a knitting machine.
(weaving) The number of ends per inch in the cloth, provided each dent in the reed in which it was made contained an equal number of ends.
Verb
sley (third-person singular simple present sleys, present participle sleying, simple past and past participle sleyed)
(transitive, weaving) To separate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed.
Anagrams
• Slye, leys, lyes, lyse, sely, syle
Source: Wiktionary
Sley, n. Etym: [AS. sl, fr. sleán to strike. See Slay, v. t.]
1. A weaver's reed. [Spelt also slaie.]
2. A guideway in a knitting machine. Knight.
Sley, v. t.
Definition: To separate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed;
– a term used by weavers. See Sleave, and Sleid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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