sleaved silk

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• sleaved — adjective Used in the term sleaved silk, floss silk • • • Main Entry: ↑sleave …   Useful english dictionary

• Sleaved — (sl[=e]vd), a. Raw; not spun or wrought; as, sleaved thread or silk. Holinshed. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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• sleave — [[t]sliv[/t]] v. sleaved, sleav•ing, n. 1) tex to divide or separate into filaments, as silk 2) anything matted or raveled 3) tex a filament of silk obtained by separating a thicker thread 4) tex a silk in the form of such filaments, esp. a floss …   From formal English to slang

• sleave — /sleev/, v., sleaved, sleaving, n. v.t. 1. to divide or separate into filaments, as silk. n. 2. anything matted or raveled. 3. a filament of silk obtained by separating a thicker thread. 4. a silk in the form of such filaments. [1585 95; OE… …   Universalium

• sleave — /sliv/ (say sleev) verb (t) (sleaved, sleaving) 1. to divide or separate into filaments, as silk. –noun 2. a filament of silk obtained by separating a thicker thread. 3. a silk in the form of such filaments. 4. Poetic, Literature anything matted… …  

• sleave — [slēv] n. [< OE slæfan, to separate; akin to slifan: see SLIVER] 1. Obs. a) a fine silk thread separated from a large thread b) untwisted silk that tends to mat or tangle; floss 2. Rare any tangle, as of ravelings vt. sleave …   English World dictionary

• sleided — adjective Etymology: alteration (probably influenced by sleyed, past participle of sley) (II) of sleaved, past part of sleave (I) obsolete, of silk : untwisted …   Useful english dictionary

• sleave — I. ˈslēv verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: from (assumed) Middle English sleven, from (assumed) Old English slǣfan to cut (whence tōslǣfan to cut up); akin to Old English tōslīfan to split more at slive transitiv …   Useful english dictionary