Standard Lemma guide
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noun
The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Silk not yet twisted; floss.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles, weaving
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History
Compare Danish slöife, a loose knot, Swedish slejf (“a knot of ribbon”), German Schleife (“a loop”).
