sleave

Meanings

Verb

To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads.

Noun

The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.
Silk not yet twisted; floss.

Related

Similar words

sley

Origin

Compare Danish slöife, a loose knot, Swedish slejf, German Schleife.

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