Associations to the word «Sley»
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Wiktionary
SLEY, noun. Reed (of a loom)
SLEY, noun. A guideway in a knitting machine.
SLEY, noun. (weaving) The number of ends per inch in the cloth, provided each dent in the reed in which it was made contained an equal number of ends.
SLEY, verb. (transitive) (weaving) To separate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed.
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