selvage

Etymology
From early modern (Modern 🇨🇬), equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1)  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)  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)  A distinct border of a mass of igneous rock. It is usually fine-grained or glassy due to rapid cooling.
 * 5)  Clay-like material found along and around a geological fault.
 * 6) The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes
 * 7)  That part of a lode adjacent to the walls on either side.
 * 1)  That part of a lode adjacent to the walls on either side.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ива,
 * Catalan: voraviu
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Italian:, vivagno, cimossa, lisiera
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: balt
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: voraviu
 * Italian: ,


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:

Verb

 * 1) To give a selvage to (fabric).