brim vs selvage

brim

noun
  • A projecting rim, especially of a hat. 

  • An edge or border (originally specifically of the sea or a body of water). 

  • The topmost rim or lip of a container. 

verb
  • To be full to overflowing. 

  • Of pigs: to be in heat, to rut. 

  • To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top. 

selvage

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

  • Any edge of fabric finished so as to prevent raveling. 

  • 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. 

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

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

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

  • 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. 

verb
  • To give a selvage to (fabric). 

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