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Sley vs Cley - What's the difference?

sley | cley |

As nouns the difference between sley and cley

is that sley is reed (of a loom while cley is a claw.

As a verb sley

is to separate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed.

sley

English

Noun

(sleys)
  • reed (of a loom)
  • A guideway in a knitting machine.
    • (Knight)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (weaving) To separate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed.

    • Related terms

    * sleave * sleid (Webster 1913)

    cley

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A claw.
  • * 1662 , , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 74:
  • *:"But that more heavy'' Birds are otherwise provided for defence, namely either by ''Spurs'' that grow on their Legs, or by the strength and sharpness of some single cley in their Foot; as I have observed in the ''Cassoware'' or ''Emeu "

    • Derived terms

    * cleystaff