different between sley vs slue

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

Alternative forms

• (mostly British) slew

Etymology

Unknown. Attested from the late 18th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slu?/
• Rhymes: -u?
• Homophones: slew, slough

Verb

slue (third-person singular simple present slues, present participle sluing or slueing, simple past and past participle slued)

1. (transitive, nautical) To rotate something on an axis.
2. (transitive) To turn something sharply.
3. (intransitive) To rotate on an axis; to pivot.
4. (intransitive) To slide off course; to skid.

Translations

Noun

slue (plural slues)

1. The act of sluing or the place to which something has slued.
2. A slough; a run or wet place.

Translations

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “slew”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• LEUs, Lues, Luse, lues