sleaving

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sleaving - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sleave \Sleave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sleaved (sl[=e]vd); p.
     pr. & vb. n. Sleaving.]
     To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of
     threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term.
     [1913 Webster]