selvage : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: selvage	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for selvage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
selvage n border consisting of an ornamental fringe at either end of an oriental carpet Synonym(s): selvage, selvedge the edge of a fabric that is woven so that it will not ravel or fray Synonym(s): selvage, selvedge
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Selvage \Sel"vage\, Selvedge \Sel"vedge\, n. [Self + edge, i. e., its own proper edge; cf. OD. selfegge.] 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. --Knight. 3. (Mining.) A layer of clay or decomposed rock along the wall of a vein. See {Gouge}, n., 4. --Raymond.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
selvage /sel'v*j/ n. [from sewing and weaving] See {chad} (sense 1).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
selvage {chad}