sley

/S L IY0/
noun
  1. 1

    Reed (of a loom)

  2. 2

    A guideway in a knitting machine.

  3. 3

    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.

verb
  1. 1

    To separate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed.

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