Sĕl'vage or Sĕl'vedge, n.

n. [Probably from self and edge, as if, its own proper edge; Prov. Ger. selbende, salbende, N. H. Ger. salband, salleiste, D. zelf-kant, i. e., self-border, also zelfegge, zelfeinde.] The edge of cloth, woven in such a manner as to prevent raveling, and often closed by complicating the threads; list.