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UK
/sˈɛlvɪdʒ/
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[ US /ˈsɛɫvɪdʒ/ ]
[ US /ˈsɛɫvɪdʒ/ ]
NOUN
- the edge of a fabric that is woven so that it will not ravel or fray
- border consisting of an ornamental fringe at either end of an oriental carpet
How To Use selvage In A Sentence
- Selvage made on shuttle less looms have four kinds of weaves, which are rope selvage, leno selvage, fold selvage and hot-melt selvage.
- In the vein's central vug, ferroaxinite overlies a selvage (fault gouge) of quartz, orthoclase, and microcline feldspar and is followed by fine-grained calcite.
- In other cases, a laser was used to create decorative motifs on fabrics, or to cut fabric fringes along the selvage.
- 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. Portrait in Blue, by Gabriel Nicolet, 1856-1921
- The outer selvages are glassy and the interior tends to be vesicular under low-water pressures.
- For the neatest finish, cut strips along the selvage using the selvage for the seam allowance.
- The great man of course frowned and pulled his "walrus" -- the kind that has hanging, hairy selvages on it, such as serve as warnings for "low bridge" on the railroads -- smote his desk firmly, and said it would never do! A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel
- Likely all of these factors played some role in initiating beryl precipitation, particularly where mineralization is contained within highly altered vein selvages.
- The fine-grained selvage called a chilled margin, formed in a younger rock in contact with an older rock, has already been mentioned.
- 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. Peggy Guggenheim Visits Picasso's Bathroom