Do we say sleave or sleeve

sleave 4 occurrences

"Macbeth does murder , the innocent , that knits up the ravel'd sleave of care.

Imprimis, her faire haire; no silken sleave Can be so soft the gentle worm does weave.

'Sleep that knits up the ravelled sleave of care!'

Macbeth does murder sleep,' the innocent sleep; Sleep that knits up the ravelled sleave of care, The death of each day's life, sore labor's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great Nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast.

sleeve 1134 occurrences

She stroked his coat-sleeve, mouthing back tears.

The Prince dropped the sleeve of his coat, and fixed his one eye on his friend.

you've spilt it all over your coat sleeve.

His furred undress robe was longer, but the right sleeve was shortened.

" Hetty was crying softly, her cheek laid against Thursday's sleeve.

loose me this sleeve, I pray" "Nay, Beltane,I do beseech thee" "Art not my wife?" "Aye, my lord.

" "Then loose me thy sleeve, Helen.

He frowned a little as he ran his finger reflectively down Felicia's sleeve.

She looked quite done for, he thought, and she caught his sleeve.

Kirk held Felicia's sleeve, for she was carrying two bags.

"Come out here, Phil," Ken whispered plucking his sister by the sleeve, one evening just before supper.

She rose to go, but Kirk pulled her sleeve.

"I s'pose a khaki sleeve is likely to make the 'Uns believe we're French.

" He pulled back his tunic sleeve, held his shirtsleeved arm up the moment the next wave came, and motioned a reply.

A Frenchie by his tunic sleeve.

"Hold 'em yourself," ses Peter, dabbing 'is nose with his shirt-sleeve.

catching Holmes's sleeve.

He pulled back the blue woollen sleeve and saw above his wrist livid marks where the nails had sunk into his flesh.

The girl, who wore a gorgeous garnet engagement ring, also very new, merely rested her hand on her lover's coat sleeve where she could see the light play upon the stones.

The parson, of the church came to call at once, but grandmamma nearly made him spoil his hat, he fidgeted with it so, and he hardly dared to ask for more than one subscriptionshe is so beautifully polite, and she often is laughing in her sleeve.

" She reached across the table and dropped her hand upon his sleeve.

" And taking him by a sleeve, as if he were a refractory baby, she began to pull at his jacket.

If nothing extraordinary happens and the devil doesn't give an unexpected tug at my sleeve, I can conceive of staying on here forever.

Come on!" was the reply, and in one moment the speaker's Khyber knife flashed from his loose sleeve into the throat of the nearest foe.

There was old Smithy crying around, wiping his eyes on his sleeve, and explaining to a lot of Eastern folks that it wasn't Shadder's faultgad-hook it all!

Do we say   sleave   or  sleeve