Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To separate or part warp threads and arrange them in a reed.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryReed (of a loom). · A guideway in a knitting machine. · The number of warp ends per inch in the cloth.
From Middle English slay, from Old English slege.
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