Selvage

Definitions: Selvage

Selvage

Noun

1. Border consisting of an ornamental fringe at either end of an oriental carpet.

2. The edge of a fabric that is woven so that it will not ravel or fray.

Date "selvage" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Computing	Selvage /sel'v*j/ n. [from sewing and weaving] See chad (sense 1). Source: Jargon File.
Geography	Intercallation of clay and argillaceous iron ore. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	A. The altered, clayey material found along a fault zone; fault gouge. Syn:selvedge b. A marginal zone of a rock mass, having some distinctive feature of fabric or composition; specif. the chilled border of an igneous mass (as of a dike or lava flow), usually characterized by a finer grain or sometimes a glassy texture, such as the glassy inner margins on thepillows in pillow lava. Syn:selvedge; salband. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Selvage

Synonym: selvedge (n). (additional references)

Title	Author	Quote
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	There Nature has woven a natural selvage, and the eye rises by just gradations from the low shrubs of the shore to the highest trees.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The following table summarizes the usage of "selvage" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Selvage	Last name	1,000	17,148
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Expressions using "selvage": loop selvage ♦ selvage edge. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "selvage"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		tegel (bight, dart, seam), buzë (bank, border, brim, curb, edge, hem, lip, margin, rim, ring, Selvedge, skirt, verge, welt), anë (aspect, border, brink, declivity, edge, end, flank, hand, hem, jamb, list, Marge, margin, pane, part, partiality, Selvedge, side, skirt, wall, welt). (various references)

Arabic		‏حلفة, ‏حاشية القماش, ‏حاشية (annotation, attendance, bodyguard, border, cortege, edge, edging, entourage, footnote, margin, note, postscript, rim, suite, surround), ‏تخوم (purl, surroundings), ‏طرف (end, extreme, extremity, margin, part, party, side, tip). (various references)

Bulgarian		кенар, кант (binding, cord, edging, facings, list, piping, welt), ива (edge, fillet, list, sallow). (various references)

Czech		lem (bottom, edge, hem, ribbon, rim, Selvedge, skirt). (various references)

Danish		lerudfylding (clay band, clay parting, salband, vein wall), kant (arris, border, brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, heel, list, narrow face, rand, ridge, rim, selvedge, skirt). (various references)

Dutch		zelfkant (list, listing, selvedge, woven selvedge), neg, klei-ijzersteen (clay band, clay parting, salband, vein wall). (various references)

Finnish		hulpio (list, listing, selvedge, woven selvedge). (various references)

French		lisière (selvedge, woven selvedge). (various references)

German		Egge (harrow, harrowfork). (various references)

Greek		ούγια (hem, list, listing, selvedge, webbing, woven selvedge), παρυφή (border, edge, flounce, list, selvedge, thrum, toe, trimming, welt). (various references)

Hungarian		posztószél (list). (various references)

Italian		vivagno (hem, list, seam, selvedge), cimosa (list, Selvedge). (various references)

Korean		가장자리 (Brink, Edge, marginal, selvedge, Verge). (various references)

Pig Latin		elvagesay

Portuguese		ourela (list, selvedge). (various references)

Romanian		tivi (border, fell, fringe, hem, list, Selvedge, whip), lizierã (outskirts, side, skirt). (various references)

Russian		кромка (bead, edge, flange, list, salvage). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		rub (border, brim, brink, cant, edge, hem, lip, rand, selvedge, shoulder, verge), okrajak (heel, lappet, selvedge). (various references)

Spanish		orillo (list, listing, selvedge, woven selvedge). (various references)

Swedish		stadkant (list, listing, selvedge, woven selvedge). (various references)

Turkish		kumaş kenarı (list, selvage edge). (various references)

Ukranian		крайова частина, пруг (overlap). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "selvage": selvaged, selvages. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Selvage" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Psalvgau, saljage, saluage, salvahe, salvare, selag, selavage, Sellaeg, selva, selvagem, Slevogt. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "selvage" (pronounced se"lvij)
3	-v i j	ravage, savage.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-l-s-v"
	-1 letter: eagles, gavels, leaves, sleave.
	-2 letters: aglee, eagle, easel, eaves, elves, gales, gavel, glees, laves, lease, leave, leges, salve, selva, slave, vales, valse, veals.
	-3 letters: agee, ages, alee, ales, aves, ease, eave, eels, egal, else, eves, gaes, gale, gals, gave, gees, gels, glee, lags, lase, lave, lavs, leas, lees, legs, leva, sage, sale, save.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-l-s-v"
	+1 letter: evangels, salvagee, selvaged, selvages.
	+2 letters: cleavages, graveless, leverages, levigates, salvagees, verglases.
	+3 letters: evangelism, evangelist, everglades, leavenings, longleaves, overglazes, vegetables, villenages.
	+4 letters: eigenvalues, evangelisms, evangelists, evangelizes, everlasting, legislative, salvageable, travelogues, villageries, wavelengths.
	+5 letters: aggressively, evangelicals, evangelistic, everlastings, festivalgoer, legislatives, overslaughed, overvoltages.
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