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noun
Sley  n.  
1.
A weaver's reed. (Spelt also slaie)
2.
A guideway in a knitting machine.
3.
(Weaving) 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.






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"Sley" Quotes from Famous Books



... the combined suggestiveness of three entries in Henslowe's Diary (Collier's ed.) for any discussion of the date of Bussy D'Ambois. In Henslowe's "Enventorey of all the aparell of the Lord Admirals men, taken the 13th of Marcher 1598," is an item, "Perowes sewt, which Wm Sley were." (Henslowe's Diary, ed. Collier, p. 275.) In no extant play save Bussy D'Ambois is a character called Pero introduced. Moreover, Henslowe (pp. 113 and 110) has the following entries: "Lent unto Wm Borne, the 19 of novembr 1598 . . . the some of xijs, wch he sayd yt was to Imbrader his ...
— Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois • George Chapman



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