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Word: Selvedge
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: from an alteration of self+ edge, on the pattern of early modern Dutch selfegghe. The geological term dates from the 1930s
ˈsɛlvɪdʒ
an edge produced on woven fabric during manufacture that prevents it from unravelling.
Short Definition:edge on woven fabric that prevents it from unravelling
a zone of altered rock, especially volcanic glass, at the edge of a rock mass.
Short Definition:zone of altered rock at edge of rock mass
- selvage
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