sley

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English slay, from Old English slege. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sleɪ/ === Noun === sley (plural sleys) Reed (of a loom). A guideway in a knitting machine. (weaving) The number of warp ends per inch in the cloth. Synonym: (sometimes) sett === Verb === sley (third-person singular simple present sleys, present participle sleying, simple past and past participle sleyed) (transitive, weaving) To separate or part warp threads and arrange them in a reed. ==== Alternative forms ==== slay ==== Related terms ==== sleave sleid === References === “sley”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. Edward H[enry] Knight (1877), “Sley”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes III (REA–ZYM), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC. Phyllis G. Tortora, Ingrid Johnson (2013), The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 8th edition, Bloomsbury Academic === Anagrams === Slye, leys, lyes, lyse, sely, syle == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== sley alternative form of sly === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== sley (Late Middle English) alternative form of sleen