selvage in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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When the weft is floating on the back, this is known as a continuous brocade; the supplementary weft runs from selvage to selvage.
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To prevent fraying, various selvage motions (or styles) are used to bind the warp into the body of the cloth.
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Historically, the term selvage applied only to loom woven fabric, though now can be applied to flat-knitted fabric.
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By the end of the last page the cloth is blank and the selvage is intact, showing the definite end of the book.
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As for wax prints, producer, product name and registration number of the design are printed on the selvage.
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It is printed in the selvage or border of a pane of postage stamps.
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For many end-uses the selvage is discarded.
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One might also argue that cutting down on wasted by-product selvage makes complete garment better for the environment.
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Souvenir sheets typically include additional artwork or information printed on the selvage, the border surrounding the stamps.
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This method of weaving the selvage is possible only when using a shuttle loom.
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