Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SERGE
SERGE, n. [Fr. serge; Sp. xerga, coarse frieze, and jargon; It. sargia, a coverlet; D. sergie.]
A woolen quilted stuff manufactured in a loom with four treddles, after the manner of ratteens. – Encyc.
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