selvage

selvage
    n 1: border consisting of an ornamental fringe at either end of
         an oriental carpet [syn: {selvage}, {selvedge}]
    2: the edge of a fabric that is woven so that it will not ravel
       or fray [syn: {selvage}, {selvedge}]
    

Selvage \Sel"vage\, Selvedge \Sel"vedge\, n. [Self + edge, i.
   e., its own proper edge; cf. OD. selfegge.]
   1. The edge of cloth which is woven in such a manner as to
      prevent raveling.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes.
      --Knight.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. (Mining.) A layer of clay or decomposed rock along the
      wall of a vein. See {Gouge}, n., 4. --Raymond.
      [1913 Webster] Selvaged
    

selvage
 /sel'v@j/, n.

   [from sewing and weaving] See {chad} (sense 1).
    

chad
perf
selvage
snaf

   <jargon, printer> /chad/ (Or "selvage" /sel'v*j/ (sewing and
   weaving), "{perf}", "perfory", "snaf").  1. The perforated
   edge strips on paper for {sprocket feed} printers, after they
   have been separated from the printed portion.

   The term {perf} may also refer to the perforations themselves,
   rather than the chad they produce when torn.

   [Why "snaf"?]

   2. (Or "chaff", "computer confetti", "keypunch droppings") The
   confetti-like bits punched out of {punched cards} or {paper
   tape} which collected in the {chad box}.

   One of the {Jargon File}'s correspondents believed that "chad"
   derived from the {chadless keypunch}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1997-07-18)
    

48 Moby Thesaurus words for "selvage":
      bank, beading, binding, board, border, bordering, bordure, brim,
      brink, brow, coast, edge, edging, featheredge, fimbria,
      fimbriation, flange, flounce, frame, frill, frilling, fringe,
      furbelow, galloon, hem, labellum, labium, labrum, ledge, limb,
      limbus, lip, list, marge, margin, motif, ragged edge, rim, ruffle,
      shore, side, sideline, skirt, skirting, trimming, valance, verge,
      welt