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What is the noun for selvage?

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selvage
  1. (weaving) The edge of a woven fabric, where the weft (side-to-side) threads run around the warp (top to bottom) threads, creating a finished edge.
  2. Any edge of fabric finished so as to prevent raveling.
  3. (printing) The excess area of any printed or perforated sheet, such as the border on a sheet of postage stamps or the wide margins of an engraving.
  4. (geology) A distinct border of a mass of igneous rock. It is usually fine-grained or glassy due to rapid cooling.
  5. (geology) Clay-like material found along and around a geological fault.
  6. The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “The fine-grained selvage called a chilled margin, formed in a younger rock in contact with an older rock, has already been mentioned.”
      “In other cases, a laser was used to create decorative motifs on fabrics, or to cut fabric fringes along the selvage.”
      “For the neatest finish, cut strips along the selvage using the selvage for the seam allowance.”
selvedge
  1. Alternative spelling of selvage
  2. Examples:
    1. “To hold warp threads closely, weave three rows with a single thread and darn ends along the selvedge.”
      “An image of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Pacific Explorer 2005 logo are printed in the selvedge of the sheetlet.”
      “Many of her stitching techniques take cues from jeans manufacturers, using bar tacks to reinforce pockets and striped selvedge for towel loops.”
selvedges
  1. plural of selvedge
selvages
  1. plural of selvage
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “All other quartz veins are associated with at least some tourmaline, either within the veins or in the vein selvages.”
      “The outer selvages are glassy and the interior tends to be vesicular under low-water pressures.”
      “The opposite selvages have hanging threads, remnants of the stitchery which originally seamed two breadths together.”
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