Sley

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  • n. reed (of a loom)
  • v. To separate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A weaver's reed.
  • n. A guideway in a knitting machine.
  • n. The number of ends per inch in the cloth, provided each dent in the reed in which it was made contained an equal number of ends.
  • v. To separate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed; -- a term used by weavers. See sleave, and sleid.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An obsolete spelling of sly.
  • n. See slay.
    • Word Usage
    "This is done with a wire hook called a sley-hook or reed-hook."
    Variant
    slaie    sleave    sleid   
     
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