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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

serge

sarge

originally

a silken stuff

, fr. L.

serica

, f. or neut. pl. of

sericus

silken. See

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.

Noun.

[F.

cierge

A large wax candle used in the ceremonies of various churches.

Noun.

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