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Definition of sleaved in English English dictionary
- Raw; not spun or wrought; as, sleaved thread or silk
- sleave
- {v} to part or twist into threds
- sleave
- {n} silk or thread untwisted, a fish
- sleave
- Silk not yet twisted; floss; called also sleave silk
- sleave
- The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread
- sleave
- To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; a weaver's term