Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sley"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sley \Sley\, n. (Weaving)
The number of ends per inch in the cloth, provided each dent
in the reed in which it was made contained as equal number of
ends. --E. Whitworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sley \Sley\, n. [AS. sl?, fr. sle['a]n to strike. See {Slay}, v.
t.]
1. A weaver's reed. [Spelt also {slaie}.]
2. A guideway in a knitting machine. --Knight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sley \Sley\, v. t.
To separate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a
reed; -- a term used by weavers. See {Sleave}, and {Sleid}.
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