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Definition: slaie
Sley
\Sley\, n. [AS. sl?, fr. sle['a]n to strike. See
Slay, v.
t.]
1. A weaver's reed. [Spelt also
slaie.]
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2. A guideway in a knitting machine. --Knight.
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3. (Weaving) The number of ends per inch in the cloth,
provided each dent in the reed in which it was made
contained an equal number of ends. --E. Whitworth.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]