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Selvage   /sˈɛlvɪdʒ/   Listen
noun
Selvedge, Selvage  n.  
1.
The edge of cloth which is woven in such a manner as to prevent raveling.
2.
The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes.
3.
(Mining.) A layer of clay or decomposed rock along the wall of a vein. See Gouge, n., 4.





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"Selvage" Quotes from Famous Books



... did not come out exactly as it should have done. Many things arose between us—such as diverse occupation, different hours of work and food, and a little split in the taste of trowsers, which, of course, should not have been. He liked the selvage down his legs, while I thought it unartistic, and, going much into the graphic line, I pressed ...
— George Bowring - A Tale Of Cader Idris - From "Slain By The Doones" By R. D. Blackmore • R. D. Blackmore


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