slaie

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sley \Sley\, n. [AS. sl?, fr. sle['a]n to strike. See {Slay}, v.
   t.]
   1. A weaver's reed. [Spelt also {slaie}.]
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   2. A guideway in a knitting machine. --Knight.
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   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. --E. Whitworth.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Slaie \Slaie\, n. [See {Sley}.]
   A weaver's reed; a sley.
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