Sleaved vs Sheaved - What's the difference?
sleaved | sheaved |
(sheave)
(of straw) Made into a sheaf
A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley.
to gather and bind into a sheaf
* , Czar Alexander the Second, lines 1-4
As adjectives the difference between sleaved and sheaved
is that sleaved is raw; not spun or wrought while sheaved is (of straw) made into a sheaf.As a verb sheaved is
(sheave).sleaved
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sheaved
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)sheave
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Etymology 1
Akin to German Scheibe, late Old Norse . For more see .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
See .Verb
(sheav)- ''From him did forty million serfs (...) receive
- ''Rich freeborn lifelong land, whereon to sheave
- ''Their country's harvest.