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English → English (gcide) Definition: sleave silk Sleave \Sleave\ (sl[=e]v), n. [Cf. Dan. sl["o]if, a knot loop, Sw. slejf, G. schleife a knot, sliding knot, and E. slip, v.i.] (a) The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread. (b) Silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also sleave silk . [1913 Webster] Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care. --Shak. [1913 Webster]