Definition of sley

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Sley (v. t.) A guideway in a knitting machine.

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Sprig :: Sprig (n.) A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley..
Cowweed :: Cowweed (n.) Same as Cow parsley.
Caraway :: Caraway (n.) A biennial plant of the Parsley family (Carum Carui). The seeds have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. They are used in cookery and confectionery, and also in medicine as a carminative..
Chisley :: Chisley (a.) Having a large admixture of small pebbles or gravel; -- said of a soil.
Sleid :: Sleid (v. t.) To sley, or prepare for use in the weaver's sley, or slaie..
Ache :: Ache (n.) A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley..
Pusley :: Pusley (n.) Purslane.
Celery :: Celery (n.) A plant of the Parsley family (Apium graveolens), of which the blanched leafstalks are used as a salad..
Sley :: Sley (v. t.) A guideway in a knitting machine.
Garnish :: Garnish (v. t.) To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley..
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..
Methodist :: Methodist (n.) One of a sect of Christians, the outgrowth of a small association called the Holy Club, formed at Oxford University, A.D. 1729, of which the most conspicuous members were John Wesley and his brother Charles; -- originally so called from the methodical strictness of members of the club in all religious duties..
Slaie :: Slaie (n.) A weaver's reed; a sley.
Wesleyan :: Wesleyan (a.) Of or pertaining to Wesley or Wesleyanism.
Wesleyanism :: Wesleyanism (n.) The system of doctrines and church polity inculcated by John Wesley (b. 1703; d. 1791), the founder of the religious sect called Methodist; Methodism. See Methodist, n., 2..
Ranter :: Ranter (n.) One of the Primitive Methodists, who seceded from the Wesleyan Methodists on the ground of their deficiency in fervor and zeal; -- so called in contempt..
Wesleyan :: Wesleyan (n.) One who adopts the principles of Wesleyanism; a Methodist.
Percely :: Percely (n.) Parsley.
Sleave :: Sleave (v. t.) To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term..
Lyonnaise :: Lyonnaise (a.) Applied to boiled potatoes cut into small pieces and heated in oil or butter. They are usually flavored with onion and parsley.
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