Sleave :: Sleave (n.) The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.
Sleave :: Sleave (n.) Silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also sleave silk.
Sleave :: Sleave (v. t.) 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..