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Sleave vs Sleaved - What's the difference?

sleave | sleaved |

As a verb sleave

is (weaving) to separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads.

As a noun sleave

is the knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.

As an adjective sleaved is

raw; not spun or wrought.

sleave

English

Verb

(sleav)
  • (weaving) To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads.

    • Synonyms

    * sley

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.
  • Silk not yet twisted; floss.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care.
    (Webster 1913)

    sleaved

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Raw; not spun or wrought.
    • sleaved thread or silk
    (Holinshed)
    (Webster 1913)