sleave silk

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sleave silk - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sleave \Sleave\ (sl[=e]v), n. [Cf. Dan. sl["o]if, a knot loop,
     Sw. slejf, G. schleife a knot, sliding knot, and E. slip,
     v.i.]
     (a) The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.
     (b) Silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also sleave   silk
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               Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care.
                                                    --Shak.
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