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Filament of silk
Answer for the clue "Filament of silk ", 6 letters:
sleave
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sleave \Sleave\ (sl[=e]v), n. [Cf. Dan. sl["o]if, a knot loop, Sw. slejf, G. schleife a knot, sliding knot, and E. slip, v.i.] The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread. Silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also sleave silk . Sleep that knits up ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"to separate or divide" (threads, strands, fibers), Old English -slæfan , from stem of -slifan "to separate, split, cleave," from Proto-Germanic *slifanan , perhaps related to the root of slip (v.). Compare German Schleife "a loop, knot, noose." Related: ...
Usage examples of sleave.
I forget how the subject arose, but I remember Jeeves once saying that sleep knits up the ravelled sleave of care.