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Definition of Sleaving
1. sleave [v] - See also: sleave
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sleaving
Literary usage of Sleaving
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1816)
"... 'sleaving his benefice in London, and going into Holland. .New-England, I
should say my arm should reech him there. The words I remember not. ..."
2. A Glossary of Provincial Words Used in Herefordshire and Some of the by George Cornewall Lewis (1839)
"Compare to Hope, in this Glossary. To SLEAVE, va to tear clown, as a branch of
a tree or a cutting of a plant. sleaving, s. a twig ..."
3. Parnellism and Crime by James Hannen Hannen (1889)
"... 'sleaving the country. Thus Mr. Sexton's alleged action has been related at
fourth hand before your Lordships. I have already intimated that Mr. Sexton ..."
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