Selvage

Selvagename

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  A surname.

selvagenoun/ˈsɛlvɪd͡ʒ/

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  businessmanufacturingtextilesThe edge of a woven fabric, where the weft (side-to-side) threads run around the warp (top to bottom) threads, creating a finished edge.

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  Any edge of fabric finished so as to prevent raveling.

  • Her stately limbs the gather'd folds surround, / And spread their golden selvage on the ground.
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  mediaprintingpublishingThe excess area of any printed or perforated sheet, such as the border on a sheet of postage stamps or the wide margins of an engraving.

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  geographygeologynatural-sciencesA distinct border of a mass of igneous rock. It is usually fine-grained or glassy due to rapid cooling.

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  geographygeologynatural-sciencesClay-like material found along and around a geological fault.

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  The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes

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  businessminingThat part of a lode adjacent to the walls on either side.

selvageverb/ˈsɛlvɪd͡ʒ/

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  To give a selvage to (fabric).