sleaven.

/sliːv/

Etymology: See sleave v. and sleave-silk n.

†1. A slender filament of silk obtained by separating a thicker thread; silk in the form of such filaments; floss-silk. Obsolete.

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slived silk1548

sleaved silk1587

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sliven silk1688

sleft silk1752

floss silk1760

floss1871

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 185 Those slender sleaues (On ouall clewes) of soft, smoath, Silken Flaxe.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Cadarce pour faire capiton, the tow, or coursest part of silke, whereof sleaue is made.

1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxiii. 72 Fair Benefield.., Which beares a grasse as soft, as is the daintie sleaue.

c1635 H. Glapthorne Lady Mother (1959) i. i. 3 Her faire haire, no silken Sleaue (can be soe soft) the gentle worme does weaue.

2. transferred and figurative. (In modern use only as an echo of the Shakespearean passage.)

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a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. ii. 35 Sleepe that knits vp the rauel'd Sleeue of Care.

1868 G. MacDonald Seaboard Parish III. ix. 190 He..began to smooth out the wonderful sleave of dusky gold.

1876 M. E. Braddon Dead Men's Shoes i She has not seen the fair and shining fabric in life's loom, but the ragged sleave thereof.

1904 J. C. Collins Stud. Shakespeare 317 To smoothe the tangled sleave of Shakespearean expression.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

sleavev.

/sliːv/

Forms: 1500s sleyve, sleue, 1600s sleeue, 1800s sleeve; 1600s– sleave.

Etymology: Old English slǽfan (recorded in the combination toslǽfan , Napier Holy Rood-tree 32/2), < sláf-, preterite stem of slífan slive v.¹It is possible that the past tense slefte (compare sleft adj.) should be read in the Gest of Robyn Hode iii. st. 146, where the early editions have sleste, slet, and cleft.

Now dialect.

1. transitive. To divide (silk) by separation into filaments. Also transferred and absol.

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reelc1400

conglomerate1623

spool1623

sleavea1628

agglomerate1658

skein1775

hank1818

pirn1818

lease1884

cross-reel1890

a1628 F. Greville Treat. Humane Learning viii, in Certaine Wks. (1633) 24 When light doth beginne These to retaile, and subdiuide, or sleeues Into more minutes.

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 362 The more subtle, (and more hard to Sleave a two) Silken thred, of self-seeking.

1654 R. Flecknoe Ten Years Trav. 71 They use to sleave and spin to what finesse they please.

1890 J. R. Lowell in Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. in Poet. Wks. (new ed.) II. 165 To sleeve silk means to divide or ravel out a thread of silk with the point of a needle till it becomes floss.

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2. dialect. To cleave, split, rend, tear apart.

Derivatives

sleaved adj. (also sleyd) in sleaved silk (see sense 1).

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > silk > sleave silk > sleaved silk

slived silk1548

sleaved silk1587

sleave1605

sliven silk1688

sleft silk1752

floss silk1760

floss1871

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 835/1 Eight wildmen, all apparelled in greene mosse, made with sleued silke.

1592 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. IV. 103 Sleyved Silk, the lb.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida (1623) v. i. 28 Thou idle, immateriall skiene of Sleyd [1609 sleiue] silke.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Sleaved, as Sleaved Silk, i.e. such as is wrought fit for Use.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	sleave
释义	sleaven. /sliːv/ Etymology: See sleave v. and sleave-silk n. †1. A slender filament of silk obtained by separating a thicker thread; silk in the form of such filaments; floss-silk. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > silk > sleave silk > sleaved silk slived silk1548 sleaved silk1587 sleave1605 sliven silk1688 sleft silk1752 floss silk1760 floss1871 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 185 Those slender sleaues (On ouall clewes) of soft, smoath, Silken Flaxe. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Cadarce pour faire capiton, the tow, or coursest part of silke, whereof sleaue is made. 1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxiii. 72 Fair Benefield.., Which beares a grasse as soft, as is the daintie sleaue. c1635 H. Glapthorne Lady Mother (1959) i. i. 3 Her faire haire, no silken Sleaue (can be soe soft) the gentle worme does weaue. 2. transferred and figurative. (In modern use only as an echo of the Shakespearean passage.) ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. ii. 35 Sleepe that knits vp the rauel'd Sleeue of Care. View more context for this quotation 1868 G. MacDonald Seaboard Parish III. ix. 190 He..began to smooth out the wonderful sleave of dusky gold. 1876 M. E. Braddon Dead Men's Shoes i She has not seen the fair and shining fabric in life's loom, but the ragged sleave thereof. 1904 J. C. Collins Stud. Shakespeare 317 To smoothe the tangled sleave of Shakespearean expression. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022). sleavev. /sliːv/ Forms: 1500s sleyve, sleue, 1600s sleeue, 1800s sleeve; 1600s– sleave. Etymology: Old English slǽfan (recorded in the combination toslǽfan , Napier Holy Rood-tree 32/2), < sláf-, preterite stem of slífan slive v.¹It is possible that the past tense slefte (compare sleft adj.) should be read in the Gest of Robyn Hode iii. st. 146, where the early editions have sleste, slet, and cleft. Now dialect. 1. transitive. To divide (silk) by separation into filaments. Also transferred and absol. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [verb (transitive)] > wind > in specific way reelc1400 conglomerate1623 spool1623 sleavea1628 agglomerate1658 skein1775 hank1818 pirn1818 lease1884 cross-reel1890 a1628 F. Greville Treat. Humane Learning viii, in Certaine Wks. (1633) 24 When light doth beginne These to retaile, and subdiuide, or sleeues Into more minutes. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 362 The more subtle, (and more hard to Sleave a two) Silken thred, of self-seeking. 1654 R. Flecknoe Ten Years Trav. 71 They use to sleave and spin to what finesse they please. 1890 J. R. Lowell in Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. in Poet. Wks. (new ed.) II. 165 To sleeve silk means to divide or ravel out a thread of silk with the point of a needle till it becomes floss. Thesaurus » Categories » 2. dialect. To cleave, split, rend, tear apart. Derivatives sleaved adj. (also sleyd) in sleaved silk (see sense 1). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > silk > sleave silk > sleaved silk slived silk1548 sleaved silk1587 sleave1605 sliven silk1688 sleft silk1752 floss silk1760 floss1871 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 835/1 Eight wildmen, all apparelled in greene mosse, made with sleued silke. 1592 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. IV. 103 Sleyved Silk, the lb. a1616 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida (1623) v. i. 28 Thou idle, immateriall skiene of Sleyd [1609 sleiue] silke. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Sleaved, as Sleaved Silk, i.e. such as is wrought fit for Use. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1605v.1587
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