"The ravell'd __ of care": Shak

• "The ravel'd ___ of care"
• " . . . the ravel'd ___ of care": Macbeth
• Shakespeare's "___of care"
• Divide silk into filaments
• " . . . ravell'd ___ of care": Macbeth
• "Sleep that knits up the ravell'd ___ of care": Shakespeare
• Silk filament
• " . . . the ravel'd ___ of care"

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread. 2 Silk not yet twisted; floss. vb. (context weaving English) To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads.

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 ...