2. A guideway in a knitting machine. --Knight.
[1913 Webster]
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.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Slaie — Slaie, n. [See {Sley}.] A weaver s reed; a sley. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
slaie — var. of slay n.1; obs. f. slay v.1 … Useful english dictionary
Sleid — Sleid, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sleided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sleiding}.] [See {Sley}.] To sley, or prepare for use in the weaver s sley, or slaie. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sleided — Sleid Sleid, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sleided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sleiding}.] [See {Sley}.] To sley, or prepare for use in the weaver s sley, or slaie. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sleiding — Sleid Sleid, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sleided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sleiding}.] [See {Sley}.] To sley, or prepare for use in the weaver s sley, or slaie. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sley — Sley, n. [AS. sl?, fr. sle[ a]n to strike. See {Slay}, v. t.] 1. A weaver s reed. [Spelt also {slaie}.] [1913 Webster] 2. A guideway in a knitting machine. Knight. [1913 Webster] 3. (Weaving) The number of ends per inch in the cloth, provided… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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