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noun
Sleave  n.  
1.
The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.
2.
Silk not yet twisted; floss; called also sleave silk. "Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... N. complexity; complexness &c. adj.; complexus[obs3]; complication, implication; intricacy, intrication[obs3]; perplexity; network, labyrinth; wilderness, jungle; involution, raveling, entanglement; coil &c. (convolution) 248; sleave[obs3], tangled skein, knot, Gordian knot, wheels within wheels; kink, gnarl, knarl[obs3]; webwork[obs3]. [complexity if a task or action] difficulty &c. 704. V. complexify[obs3], complicate. Adj. gnarled, knarled[obs3]. complex, complexed; intricate, complicated, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus

... no silken sleave Can be so soft the gentle worm does weave. It[em], noe Plush or satten sleeke, I vow, May be compard unto her velvet brow. It[em], her eyes—two buttons made of iett; Her lipps gumd taffety that will not frett; Her ...
— A Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. II • Various



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