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OP Well, here's what I got from dictionary.com (and surprisingly, NOT from merriam-webster, didn't find anything for that)
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sleaving
Sleave \Sleave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sleaved; p. pr. & vb. n. Sleaving.] To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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and as for sheaving :
sheave1
tr.v. sheaved, sheav·ing, sheaves
To collect and bind into a sheaf.
[From sheaf.]
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Still, how can I verify it in British English? Hmm.....
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