Moire

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·add. ·noun Erroneously, moire, the fabric.

II. Moire ·add. ·- To give a watered or clouded appearance to (a surface).

III. Moire ·add. ·adj Watered; having a watered or clouded appearance;

— as of silk or metals.

IV. Moire ·add. ·noun A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance on textile fabrics or metallic surfaces.

V. Moire ·noun A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance produced upon either textile fabrics or metallic surfaces.

VI. Moire ·noun Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat; afterwards, any textile fabric to which a watered appearance is given in the process of calendering.

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