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Webster 1913 Edition

Sley

Sley

,
Noun.
[AS.
sl[GREEK]
, fr.
sleán
to strike. See
Slay
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
A weaver’s reed.
[Spelt also
slaie
.]
2.
A guideway in a knitting machine.
Knight.

Sley

,
Verb.
T.
To separate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed; – a term used by weavers. See
Sleave
, and
Sleid
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sley

SLEY

,
Noun.
A weaver's reed. [See Sleave and Sleid.]

Definition 2024

sley

sley

English

Noun

sley ‎(plural sleys)

  1. reed (of a loom)
  2. A guideway in a knitting machine.
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  3. (weaving) 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.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of E. Whitworth to this entry?)

Verb

sley ‎(third-person singular simple present sleys, present participle sleying, simple past and past participle sleyed)

  1. (transitive, weaving) To separate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed.

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Etymology

From Old English.

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