selvage

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)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.
2. (countable, uncountable)Any edge of fabric finished so as to prevent raveling.

   “Her stately limbs the gather'd folds surround, / And spread their golden selvage on the ground.”

3. (countable, uncountable)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.
4. (countable, uncountable)A distinct border of a mass of igneous rock. It is usually fine-grained or glassy due to rapid cooling.
5. (countable, uncountable)Clay-like material found along and around a geological fault.
6. (countable, uncountable)The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes
7. (countable, uncountable)That part of a lode adjacent to the walls on either side.

verb

1. To give a selvage to (fabric).

name

1. A surname.