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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "iva",
"sense": "finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ива"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kenar",
"sense": "finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp",
"word": "кенар"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voraviu"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zelfkant"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp",
"word": "hulpio"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp",
"word": "szegés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp",
"word": "szegély"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp",
"word": "bordumo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cimosa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vivagno"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cimossa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lisiera"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rąbek"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bainha"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krómka",
"sense": "finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кро́мка"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "balt"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "orillo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "stad"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "stadkant"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kant",
"sense": "any finished edge of fabric",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кант"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "any finished edge of fabric",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voraviu"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "any finished edge of fabric",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "orlo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "any finished edge of fabric",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bordo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "excess area of printed or perforated sheet",
"word": "reunus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "geology: distinct border of a mass of igneous rock",
"word": "hulpio"
}
],
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"selvage"
],
"word": "selvage"
}
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"2": "nl",
"3": "selfegghe"
},
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"name": "uder"
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{
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"1": "nl",
"2": "zelfkant",
"3": "",
"4": "selvage"
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"name": "cog"
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"2": "self",
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"name": "compound"
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"forms": [
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"form": "selvages",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "selvaging",
"tags": [
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"present"
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{
"form": "selvaged",
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"past"
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"past"
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
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{
"glosses": [
"To give a selvage to (fabric)."
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈsɛlvɪd͡ʒ/"
},
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"audio": "en-us-selvage.ogg",
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"selvage"
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}
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