Hypertext Webster Gateway: "moire"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Moir'e \Moi`r['e]"\, a. [F., p.p. of moirer to water (silk,
etc.). See {Moire}.]
Watered; having a watered or clouded appearance; -- as of
silk or metals.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Moir'e \Moi`r['e]"\, n.
1. A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance on textile
fabrics or metallic surfaces.
2. Erroneously, moire, the fabric.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Moir'e \Moi*r['e]"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Moir['e]ed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Moir['e]eing}.] Also Moire \Moire\ [F. moir['e].]
To give a watered or clouded appearance to (a surface).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
moire
adj : of silk fabric; having a wavelike pattern [syn: {watered}]
n : silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern [syn: {watered-silk}]
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