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    [Noun]  | "sel*vage" | \ ˈsel-vij \


    1: the edge on either side of a woven or flat-knitted fabric so finished as to prevent raveling; specifically : a narrow border often of different or heavier threads than the fabric and sometimes in a different weave

    2: an edge (as of fabric or paper) meant to be cut off and discarded

    3: an outer or peripheral part : border, edge


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English selfegge, selvage, from self self + egge edge (after Middle Dutch selfegghe);

    [Noun]  | "selvage" 


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