Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The edge of a fabric that is woven so that it will not fray or ravel.
- n. An ornamental fringe at either end of an Oriental rug.
- n. The edge plate of a lock that has a slot for a bolt.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The edge of a web or textile fabric so finished that it does not allow of raveling out the weft.
- n. That part of a web at either edge which is not finished like the surface of the cloth, and which is meant to be torn away when the material is made up, or for use in making the seam. See list, 2.
- n. 3. In mining, the part of a vein or lode adjacent to the walls on each side, and generally consisting of flucan or gouge. It is usually formed in part by the decomposition of the rock adjacent to the vein, and in part by the washing in of clayey material to fill any vacancy which may occur along the walls of the fissure. See
vein . - n. The edge-plate of a lock, through which the bolt shoots.
- n. Same as selvagee.
- To hem.
- n. In the making of tin-plate or galvanized iron, a thin ridge or list of the coating metal at the lower edge of the plate where capillary action resists the draining action when the sheet is on edge to allow the excess of fluid coating to run off.
Wiktionary
- n. weaving 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.
- n. Any edge of fabric finished so as to prevent raveling.
- n. printing 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.
- n. geology A distinct border of a mass of igneous rock. It is usually fine-grained or glassy due to rapid cooling.
- n. geology Clay-like material found along and around a geological fault.
- n. The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The edge of cloth which is woven in such a manner as to prevent raveling.
- n. The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes.
- n. (Mining.) A layer of clay or decomposed rock along the wall of a vein. See Gouge, n., 4.
WordNet 3.0
- n. border consisting of an ornamental fringe at either end of an oriental carpet
- n. the edge of a fabric that is woven so that it will not ravel or fray
Etymologies
- A corruption of "self-edge". (Wiktionary)
- Middle English (influenced by Middle Low German selfegge) : self, self; see self + egge, edge; see edge. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“She was certain she could swim in that sea if she could once get through what she called the selvage-wave.”
“And "selvage," escaping the first and last objections, may be thought to incur the middle one.”
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century
“His solution was to make his own flight jackets, chambray work shirts, loop-wheeled cotton sweatshirts and selvage blue jeans.”
“Just fold the dress in half in the front and lay it on the folded fabric, leaving 5/8 approximate seam allowance on the seam areas, and cut around it til you get to the shoulder and armhole. roll back the back part and cut around the armhole and shoulder. fold the back of the dress in half and lay it on the selvage edges or on fold, and cut around it.”
“For all Mr. Touitou's grumbling, his 24-year-old label is deeply beloved by bespectacled creative types for its simple, chic, well-tailored staples and in particular its hugely popular, practically iconic raw-denim selvage jeans.”
“My favorite so far is a fleeting moment with an otherwise indifferent pattern maker named Mr. Levy who could not care less what he sews or for whom, but knows how to fall in love with a fine piece of Japanese selvage.”
“A large rosy oval with a coral fringe and then a reddish speckled border and a thin dusting of coralline, another selvage fading into lotioned whiteness.”
“If not, the easiest thing to do is align the selvage edge the long side with the edge of a table and align the cut edge with the perpendicular edge of the table.”
Make A Snuggie You’d Be Proud To Wear | Lifehacker Australia
“Heather Rose Jones @ 535: and if the Zomvamwelf bites a weaver, you get a zomvamweft...at which point I'm not sure you can selvage the situation...”
“You can hem them, and the sides will be on the selvage so you don't need to hem that part.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘selvage’.
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PECH - fishing technology
anchor, berth, drop anchor, anchored floating..., artificial restoc..., bait, beam trawls, bottom gillnets, entangling nets, bottom nets, bottom-set nets, bottom pair trawl and 478 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11250 more...
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Places and spaces
This list was inspired by Ry's 'thresholds' list.
postern, littoral, dermis, eventide, lacuna, perimeter, aperture, hatchway, periphery, portcullis, selvage, fimbria and 38 more...
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phrontistery-s
from phrontistery.info
sabaton, sabbatarian, sabbulonarium, sabelline, sabin, sable, sabliere, sabot, sabretache, sabulous, saburration, saccade and 1593 more...
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wallace
Remington, Windsor, prorector, wen, aver, mottle, seltzer, tepee, lapidary, effete, sotto, presbyopia and 355 more...
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The -ages of Man(-age)
Trivet also has this list, which you should go see. And then I found this list, and this list...
manage, salvage, selvadge, savage, voyage, umbrage, entourage, homage, carriage, marriage, language, potage and 123 more...
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Thresholds
we are all just passing through.
(boundaries, portals and liminal spaces/times)cockcrow, interface, thin line, portal, postern, littoral, interstice, port, membrane, skin, crepuscule, dawn and 309 more...
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Blood Meridian
scullery, Leonid, parricide, boll, boatswain, walleyed, divest, diffident, rookery, coiffure, heady, garish and 177 more...
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doubtlessly reduntant
pedentive, pendentive, fantod, nonpareil, apposite, anfractuous, amanuensis, sherbet, erumpent, verdigris, styptic, tektitic and 24 more...
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verge
Century Dictionary
n. A rod, or something in the form of a rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority or ensign of office; the mace of a bishop, dean, or other functionary.
brink, brim, zapatera, potance, cusp, edge, precipice, threshold, marge, viaticum, presque vu, selvage and 4 more...
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window dressing
chemise, gossamer, tweed, pleat, fold, cuff, button, shirttails, ascot, cummerbund, velvet, silk and 104 more...
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Infinite Jest
Words taken from Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace.
prorector, monograph, post-fourier, snuffle, rototremble, creatus, enfilade, subanimalistic, balletic, espadrilles, leonine, cirri and 1153 more...
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Weaverly Words
Words that relate to, or come from, the weaving trade.
Weave, Warp, Weft, Loom, Weaver, Weaving, woven, handwoven, twill, tabby, plainweave, sleazy and 95 more...
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Word of the day.
Some days, there will be a word. That word is the word of the day. Other days shall remain wordless. That's just the way things go.
petulant, anisometropia, zoroaster, cram, affinity, proprietary, cupertino effect, sidereal, schmutz, icosanoids, vendetta, bougie and 137 more...
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Sweet Smoke of Rhetoric
The ones with which I flavor my speech, and the ones I love to find peppered in literature.
perspicacious, acerbic, vituperation, loquacious, castigate, vitriolic, scintillating, provenance, frolic, attendant, pursuant, epistemology and 313 more...
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learning
A list of words whose meanings I am learning, either because a) I don't know the meaning b) I know the meaning, but could stand to better appreciate certain inflections or secondary meanings or c) ...
louche, educe, loam, cob, sclerotic, palliate, axial, syndicalist, ecumenical, sally, fatuous, parvenu and 1387 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for selvage.
reesetee In stamp collecting, the margins on a sheet or pane of stamps. It may contain printer's markings or other information. Aug 25, 2008
82times yes. that is a more better wikipedia link. thank you. i understand what makes that kind of denim desirable. Sep 29, 2007
sarra Wikipedia: selvage denim
A variation is selvedge. Sep 28, 2007
82times ok, i read the wikipedia entry on this but am still confused. when i see this word on designer jeans on eBay, does it mean they're like, from the edge of the roll? seconds? unsalable? all of the above? Sep 28, 2007