Well, it's early in the morning for me, and my brain is fresh. So this
time when I read about saliva, it suddenly occurred to me... a spider
spins a web with a liquid exuded from an orifice. So perhaps this is an
imaginative way of calling this particular braid a spider web.
Clay
Susan Reishus wrote:
"...the Slovenian word "slin" means "saliva" (same in English, Italian and Spanish). I suppose that"-ce" is a suffix, perhaps for the plural (just a guess). That's why the Italians call this motive "saliva" (just a translation of slince).
But now comes the next question: why saliva? Unless saliva means something else
than the liquid in the mouth!
For those who don't know what we are talking about: this "slince" is a braid
with kind of spiders in the center, which is typical of Idrijan lace and also of Gorizian
lace (northern Italy, next to Slovenia).
Many greetings to all from Antje, from Spain"
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Well this is perhaps a completely uneducated stab, but do you think it refers to the
"saliva" of the spider, thus the web production, and with the spiders down the
center, the connections (other portion) would be the saliva/slince?
I hope that was clear...(mumble mumble...LOL)
FWIW,
Susan Reishus
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