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Sleave

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ravelledEntwined together; tangled.
raveled(US) Alternative form of ravelled. [Entwined together; tangled.]
shedverb(transitive) To allow to flow or fall.
sleidverb(archaic) To sley, or prepare for use in the weaver's sley, or slaie.
slitnounA narrow cut or opening; a slot.
scutchnoun(countable) A wooden implement shaped like a large knife used to separate the valuable fibres of flax or hemp by beating them and scraping from it the woody or coarse portions.
sluffnounAn avalanche, mudslide, or a like slumping of material or debris.
slatnounA thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic.
swinglenoun(textiles) An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them; a scutch.
sheafnounA quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.
scotchnounA block for a wheel or other round object; a chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping.
speltverb(transitive, obsolete) To grind or crush (grain or pulses).
speldernounAlternative form of speld (“chip, splinter”). [(Northern England, Scotland, obsolete) A chip of wood; a splinter.]
slashnounA slashing action or motion:
slishnoun(dated, British) To cut, slit or slash.
slatternounA surname.
spilenoun(US) A spout inserted in a maple (or other tree) to draw off sap.
spruenoun(metallurgy) A channel through which molten metal is poured into the mold during the casting process.
sievenounA device with a mesh, grate, or otherwise perforated bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.
splaynounAn outward spread of an object such as a bowl or cup.

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