SLEAVE


Meaning of SLEAVE in English

[sleave] n [

[2]sleave] (1591) archaic: skein "sleep that knits up the raveled ~ of care --Shak."

[2]sleave vt [(assumed) ME sleven, fr. OE -slaefan to cut] (ca. 1628) obs: to separate (silk thread) into filaments

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