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[mwahr, mawr, mohr] 
–noun
| any moiré fabric. |
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. |
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| 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.
[French, from past participle of moirer, to water, from mouaire, moire, moiré fabric, probably alteration of English mohair.] |
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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.
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moire (n.)
"watered silk," 1660, from Fr.; see mohair. As an adj., moiré "having the appearance of watered silk," it is attested from 1823.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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