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Noun: sleave  sleev
Usage: archaic
  1. Silk not yet twisted; floss
     
  2. The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread
Verb: sleave  sleev
Usage: archaic
  1. To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; - a weaver's term

Sounds like: sleeve

Derived forms: sleaved, sleaving, sleaves

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