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Webster 1913 Edition
Moire
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1.
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.
2.
A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance produced upon either textile fabrics or metallic surfaces; moi`ré.
Moire antique
, a superior kind of thick moire.