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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Sleavenoun
Etymology: sleave silk is explained by Gouldman floccus sericus, a lock of silk; and the women still say sleave the silk, for untwist it. Robert Ainsworth calls a weaver's shuttle or reed a slay. To sley is to part a twist into single fibres.
I on a fountain light,
Whose brim with pinks was platted,
The banks with daffadillies dight
With grass like sleave was matted. Michael Drayton, Cynthia.
Webster Dictionary
Sleavenoun
the knotted or entangled part of silk or thread
Sleavenoun
silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also sleave silk
Sleaveverb
to separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term
Etymology: [Cf. Dan. slif, a knot loop, Sw. slejf, G. schleife a knot, sliding knot, and E. slip, v.i.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Sleave
slēv, n. the ravelled, knotty part of silk thread: (Shak.) floss-silk.—v.t. to separate, as threads:—pr.p. sleav′ing; pa.p. sleaved. [Cf. Dan. slöife, a loose knot, Sw. slejf, a knot of ribbon, Ger. schleife, a loop.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sleave in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sleave in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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