Sleave

[sli:v]

(n.) The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.

(n.) Silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also sleave silk.

(v. t.) To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term.

Inputed by Gavin

n. the ravelled knotty part of silk thread: (Shak.) floss-silk.—v.t. to separate as threads:—pr.p. sleav′ing; pa.p. sleaved.

Inputed by Delia