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sleaving
ˈsleaving rare. Now dial. [f. sleave v. Cf. slaving n.] A slip taken from a tree by splitting or pulling.c 1440 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 163 Yf thow sette a plaunte or a sleuyng, Putte in a lytel moysty molde amonge. 1839 Sir G. C. Lewis Gloss. Heref., Sleaving, a twig sleaved off. Oxford English Dictionary
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slift
▪ I. slift1 Now dial. or Obs. [Related to slive v.1; cf. rift and rive.] (See quot. 1823, and cf. sleaving.)1657 Reeve God's Plea 252 These slifts, which have been taken from you, are grown up to a wonderful height. 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Wds. 361 Slift, a slip off a growing plant or shrub, rent, not ... Oxford English Dictionary
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slaving
▪ I. slaving, vbl. n. (ˈsleɪvɪŋ) [f. slave v.1] 1. The practice of capturing or trading in slaves.1862 J. Stewart in Stewart of Lovedale ix. 88 From the Zambesi to Lake Nyassa there is nothing but slaving. 1865 Livingstone Zambesi 593 The members of the same tribes who..have never engaged in slaving... Oxford English Dictionary
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sliving
▪ I. ˈsliving, vbl. n. Now dial. [f. slive v.1] 1. A slash; the action of cutting.c 1400 Anturs of Arth. xlviii. (Ireland MS.), He wend with a slyuyng, hade slayn him with slyȝt. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 459/2 Slyvynge, cuttynge a-wey, avulsio, abscisio. 2. A slip or cutting; a scion; a shoot or branch c... Oxford English Dictionary
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