How to pronounce “selvage”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (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.
• Any edge of fabric finished so as to prevent raveling.
• (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.
• (geology) A distinct border of a mass of igneous rock. It is usually fine-grained or glassy due to rapid cooling.
• (geology) Clay-like material found along and around a geological fault.
• The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes[1]
• (mining) That part of a lode adjacent to the walls on either side.
• [Verb]
• To give a selvage to (fabric).

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