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 Meaning of MOIRE
| Pronunciation: |  | mwâ'rey 
 
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[n]  silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern  [adj]  of silk fabric; having a wavelike pattern   |  |  |  |  | Websites: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | patterned, watered, watered-silk |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | cloth, fabric, material, textile |  |     |  |  Webster's 1913 Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | \Moire\, n. [F. Cf. {Mohair}.]
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.
{Moire antique}, a superior kind of thick moire.
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