Sleave(n.) The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.
Sleave(n.) Silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also sleave silk.
Sleave(v. t.) To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term.
Sleaved(a.) Raw; not spun or wrought; as, sleaved thread or silk.
Sleaved(imp. & p. p.) of Sleave
Sleaving(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sleave

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