Bible Dictionaries
Sleave
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.
(2):
(n.) Silk not yet twisted; floss; - called also sleave silk.
(3):
(v. t.) To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; - a weaver's term.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sleave'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/sleave.html. 1828.