SLE

n. [ Cf. Dan. slöif, a knot loop, Sw. slejf, G. schleife a knot, sliding knot, and E. slip, v.i. ] (a) The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread. (b) Silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also sleave silk. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sleaved p. pr. & vb. n. Sleaving. ] To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Raw; not spun or wrought; as, sleaved thread or silk. Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being sleazy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. G. schleissig worn out, threadbare, from schleissen to slit, split, decay, or E. leasy. ] Lacking firmness of texture or substance; thin; flimsy; as, sleazy silk or muslin. [ Spelt also slazy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Akin to D. slede, G. schlitten, OHG. slito, Icel. sleði, Sw. släde, Dan. slæde, and E. slide, v. See Slide, and cf. Sledge a vehicle, Sleigh. ] 1. A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice; -- in England called sledge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small, light vehicle with runners, used, mostly by young persons, for sliding on snow or ice. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sledded; p. pr. & vb. n. Sledding. ] To convey or transport on a sled; as, to sled wood or timber. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of transporting or riding on a sled. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of the snow which admits of the running of sleds; as, the sledding is good. [ 1913 Webster ]