Syn.
— To kill; murder; slaughter; butcher.
SLAYER
Slay"er, n.
Defn: One who slays; a killer; a murderer; a destrroyer of life.
SLAZY
Sla"zy, a.
Defn: See Sleazy.
SLE
Sle, v. t.
Defn: To slay. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SLEAVE Sleave, n. Etym: [Cf. Dan. slöif, a knot loop, Sw. slejf, G. schleife a knot, silding knot, and E. slip, v.i.] (a) The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread. (b) Silk not yet twisted; floss; — called also sleave silk. Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care. Shak.
SLEAVE
Sleave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sleaved; p. pr. & vb. n. Sleaving.]
Defn: To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; — a weaver's term.