different between sley vs fley

English

Etymology

From Middle English slay, from Old English slege.

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.

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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.

Related terms

• sleave
• sleid

Anagrams

• Slye, leys, lyes, lyse, sely, syle

Middle English

Adjective

sley

1. Alternative form of sly

English

Etymology

From Middle English fleien, from Old English fl?gan.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: fl?, IPA^(key): /fle?/
• Homophone: flay
• Rhymes: -e?

Verb

fley (third-person singular simple present fleys, present participle fleying, simple past and past participle fleyed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To frighten.
2. (obsolete, intransitive) To be frightened.

Anagrams

• flye, fyle, lyfe

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fley, from Proto-Germanic *flawj?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flei?/
• Rhymes: -ei?

Noun

fley n (genitive singular fleys, nominative plural fley)

1. (poetic) ship, boat

Declension

Synonyms

• (ship, boat): bátur, skip, gnoð

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English fl?a.

Noun

fley

1. Alternative form of fle

Etymology 2

From Old English fl??e.

Noun

fley

1. Alternative form of flye

Etymology 3

From Old English fl?ogan.

Verb

fley

1. Alternative form of flien