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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

2 entries under this word

Sley

Sley, n.

noun

(slā), n. [A-S. slæ. See SLAIE.] A weaver’s reed. See SLEAVE and SLEID.

Sley, v. t.

verbtransitive

(slā), v. t. [Cf. sleid.] To separate; to part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed;—a term used by weavers.