• Sley

    Origin

    From Old English.

    Full definition of sley

    Noun

    sley

    (plural sleys)
    1. reed (of a loom)
    2. A guideway in a knitting machine.

    Verb

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

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