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Definition of Sleaved
1. a. Raw; not spun or wrought; as, sleaved thread or silk.
Definition of Sleaved
1. Adjective. Raw; not spun or wrought. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sleaved
1. sleave [v] - See also: sleave
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sleaved
Literary usage of Sleaved
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Dialect Words of the Eighteenth Century as Shown in the "Universal by Nathan Bailey (1883)
"To Sleak out the Tongue, to put it out by way of Scorn. Chesh. Sleave, a kind of
Fish. sleaved, as sleaved Silk, is such as is Wrought fit for Use. ..."
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