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moire

[mwahr, mawr, mohr]
–noun
any moiré fabric.

Origin:
1650–60; < F < E mohair

moi⋅ré

[mwah-rey, mawr-ey, mohr-ey; Fr. mwa-rey]
–adjective
1. (of silks and other fabrics) presenting a watery or wavelike appearance.
–noun
2. a design pressed on silk, rayon, etc., by engraved rollers.
3. any silk, rayon, etc., fabric with a watery or wavelike appearance.
4. Printing. an interference pattern of dots appearing in the print of process color.

Origin:
1810–20; < F; see moire, -ee
moire   (mwär, mwä-rā', môr, mô-rā')   
n.  A watered or moiré fabric.

[French; see moiré.]
moi·ré   (mwä-rā', mô-)   
adj.  Having a wavy or rippled surface pattern. Used of fabric.
n.  
  1. Fabric, such as silk or rayon, finished so as to have a wavy or rippled surface pattern.
  2. A similar pattern produced on cloth by engraved rollers.

[French, from past participle of moirer, to water, from mouaire, moire, moiré fabric, probably alteration of English mohair.]

Moire

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.

moire  (n.)
"watered silk," 1660, from Fr.; see mohair. As an adj., moiré "having the appearance of watered silk," it is attested from 1823.
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