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Definition of Selvaged
1. a. Having a selvage.
Definition of Selvaged
1. selvage [adj] - See also: selvage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Selvaged
Literary usage of Selvaged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Oriental Rugs by John Kimberly Mumford (1902)
"IO to 20 10 to 20 7to 14 9 to 12 Narrow web ; warp ends usually loose i 10 to
20 ' IO to 20 One end selvaged and turned back; the other sel- ' vaged and ..."
2. Testimony Taken by the Subcommittee on the Tariff of the Senate Committee on by U. S Congress Senate. Committee on finance (1888)
"If we use the word " selvaged " it would not cover all stockings, would it Î Mr.
SHAW It would cover stockings knitted with ..."
3. The Practical Book of Oriental Rugs by George Griffin Lewis (1911)
"One end selvaged and turned back, the other selvaged and finished with a fringe
of loose warp threads. The selvage is usually dyed red. BORDER. ..."
4. English Hunger and Industrial Disorders: A Study of Social Conflict During by Walter James Shelton (1922)
"... xTF you had known -*- When listening with her to the far-down moan Of the
white-selvaged and empurpled sea, And rain came on that did not hinder talk, ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1828)
"That there has been no cutting oat of spaces for the purpose is plain, from
selvaged edge, which every where appears in connection with the above ornamental ..."
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