資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sleave \Sleave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sleaved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Sleaving}.]
   To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of
   threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term.

Sleaved \Sleaved\, a.
   Raw; not spun or wrought; as, sleaved thread or silk.
   --Holinshed.