Associations to the word «Selvedge»

Wiktionary

SELVEDGE, noun. Alternative spelling of selvage

Dictionary definition

SELVEDGE, noun. Border consisting of an ornamental fringe at either end of an oriental carpet.
SELVEDGE, noun. The edge of a fabric that is woven so that it will not ravel or fray.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne