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Webster 1913 Edition


Serge

Serge

,
Noun.
[F.
serge
,
sarge
,
originally
,
a silken stuff
, fr. L.
serica
, f. or neut. pl. of
sericus
silken. See
Sericeous
,
Silk
.]
A woolen twilled stuff, much used as material for clothing for both sexes.
Silk serge
,
a twilled silk fabric used mostly by tailors for lining parts of gentlemen’s coats.

Serge

,
Noun.
[F.
cierge
.]
A large wax candle used in the ceremonies of various churches.

Webster 1828 Edition


Serge

SERGE

,
Noun.
A wollen quilted stuff manufactured in a loom with four treddles, after the manner of ratteens.

Definition 2024


Serge

Serge

See also: serge and sergé

French

Proper noun

Serge

  1. A male given name.

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See also: Serge and sergé

English

Noun

serge (countable and uncountable, plural serges)

  1. (textiles) A type of worsted cloth.
    • 1993, John Banville, Ghosts
      What I noticed most strongly was his smell, of hair oil and serge and cigarette smoke, and something else, something intimate and sour and wholly, shockingly other.
  2. (by metonymy) A garment made of this fabric.
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Verb

serge (third-person singular simple present serges, present participle serging, simple past and past participle serged)

  1. (sewing) To overlock.

Etymology 2

French cierge.

Noun

serge (plural serges)

  1. A large wax candle used in some church ceremonies.

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French

Etymology

From Old French sarge, from Vulgar Latin *sarica, from Latin sērica, ultimately from the Ancient Greek σηρῐκός (sērikós, silken).

Noun

serge f (plural serges)

  1. twill, serge

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