2syllables
selvages
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Definitions ofselvages
1noun
- The edge of a woven fabric, where the weft (side-to-side) threads run around the warp (top to bottom) threads, creating a finished edge.
- Any edge of fabric finished so as to prevent raveling.
- The 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.
- A distinct border of a mass of igneous rock. It is usually fine-grained or glassy due to rapid cooling.
- Clay-like material found along and around a geological fault.
- The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes.
- That part of a lode adjacent to the walls on either side.
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