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selvage

noun
/ˈsɛlvɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

From early modern Dutch selfegghe (Modern Dutch zelfkant (“selvage”)), equivalent to self + edge.

  1. inherited from *h₂eḱ-✻
  2. inherited from *agjō✻
  3. inherited from *aggju✻
  4. inherited from eċġ
  5. inherited from egge
  6. compounded as selvage — “self + edge”

Definitions

  1. The edge of a woven fabric, where the weft (side-to-side) threads run around the warp…

    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.

    • Her stately limbs the gather'd folds surround, / And spread their golden selvage on the ground.

  3. The excess area of any printed or perforated sheet, such as the border on a sheet of…

    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. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. A distinct border of a mass of igneous rock. It is usually fine-grained or glassy due to…

      A distinct border of a mass of igneous rock. It is usually fine-grained or glassy due to rapid cooling.

    2. Clay-like material found along and around a geological fault.

    3. The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes

    4. That part of a lode adjacent to the walls on either side.

    5. To give a selvage to (fabric).

    6. A surname.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at selvage. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01selvage02finished03processed04refinement05cultivation06attention07remark08statement09declaration10list

A definitional loop anchored at selvage. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at selvage

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA