51³Ō¹Ļ

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sley

Or slay,

[sley]

noun

plural

sleys 
  1. the reed of a loom.

  2. the warp count in woven fabrics.

  3. British.Ģżthe lay of a loom.



verb (used with object)

  1. to draw (warp ends) through the heddle eyes of the harness or through the dents of the reed in accordance with a given plan for weaving a fabric.

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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of sley1

before 1050; Middle English sleye, Old English slege weaver's reed; akin to Dutch slag, German Schlag, Old Norse slag, Gothic slahs a blow; slay
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Example Sentences

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Its surviving founders, the singer Cynthia Sley and the guitarist Pat Place, have regrouped the band — joined by Steve Shelley from Sonic Youth on drums and production — for its first album since 2012, which is due in July.

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ā€œThings I Put Togetherā€ reclaims Bush Tetras’ muscle, dissonance and die-hard contrarianism: ā€œStill I won’t keep those things I put together,ā€ Sley declares, going on to insist, ā€œNo never!ā€

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Watching this, Cynthia Sley, the lead singer of the Bush Tetras, one of the quintessential New York post-punk groups, was dumbfounded.

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Related: 'He was like the Messiah': Larry Levan, the DJ who changed dance music forever ā€œNo one worked,ā€ Sley continues.

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Examples given of new spelling of words Webster wanted to change from their English spellings but didn’t catch on: ake, sley, soop, spunge, tung, tuf, cloke, determin, wimmen.

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