serge
(noun) a twilled woolen fabric
Source: WordNet® 3.1
serge (countable and uncountable, plural serges)
(textiles) A type of worsted cloth.
(by metonymy) A garment made of this fabric.
serge (third-person singular simple present serges, present participle serging, simple past and past participle serged)
(sewing) To overlock.
serge (plural serges)
A large wax candle used in some church ceremonies.
• Geers, Geres, Seger, egers, egres, geers, grees
Source: Wiktionary
Serge, n. Etym: [F. serge, sarge, originally, a silken stuff, fr. L. serica, f. or neut. pl. of sericus silken. See Sericeous, Silk.]
Definition: A woolen twilled stuff, much used as material for clothing for both sexes. Silk serge, a twilled silk fabric used mostly by tailors for lining parts of gentlemen's coats.
Serge, n. Etym: [F. cierge.]
Definition: A large wax candle used in the ceremonies of various churches.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
