moire (mwor)

[F. moire, watered silk: see mohair.] 1. A clouded or watered appearance on metals or textile fabrics.-2. A kind of watered silk; also, watered mohair. See watered. My wife and I went to Pater Noster Rowe, and there we bought some greene-watered Moyre , for a morning waste coate. Pepys , Diary, Nov. 21, 1660. Moire antique, silk watered in the antique style so as to resemble the materials worn in olden times. moiré (mwo-rā'), n. [F.] Same as moire, 1.— Moiré antique. See moire antique, under moire. - Moiré métallique, tin-plate, or iron-plate which has been first coated with tin, so treated by acids as to give it a clouded, variegated, or variously crystallized surface. The effect is enhanced by heating the plate irregularly with a blowpipe immediately before applying the acids, or by first heating the plate, and then sprinkling it with water to cool it irregularly, and immediately applying the acids. The surface to be treated is first cleaned by washing with water, then dilute or alkaline tried the dipped intere ward in lime-water, to neutralize any remaining traces of acid, and dried. Lastly, the surface is usually covered with a tinted transparent lacquer. Plates of clean iron dipped in melted zinc, in the so-called galvanizing proce , often acquire a beautiful crystalline surface, resembling in general effect the moiré métallique. moiré (mwo-rā'), v. t.; pret. and pp. moiréed, ppr. moiréing. [ The solution [salt, or sal ammoniac) may be applied to the surfaces to be moiréed with the aid of a sponge. W. H. Wahl , Galvanoplastic Manipulations, p. 521.