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sley
English
Etymology
From Middle English slay, from Old English slege.
Noun
sley (plural sleys)
- reed (of a loom)
- A guideway in a knitting machine.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- (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)
- (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
- Alternative form of sly
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suey
English
Etymology
Diminutive +? -ey.
Noun
suey (countable and uncountable, plural sueys)
- (slang) suicide (act of self-killing)
- (uncountable, slang) suicide (children's ball-throwing game)
Translations
Anagrams
- U-eys, ueys
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