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suage

/sɥaʒ/

noun, masculine/sɥaʒ/plural: suages

hem, border of a plate or cup

Inherited from Old French soue (“rope”) + -age, from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin soca, of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *soucā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to bend, to cut, to drive”), see also Sanskrit सुवति (suvati).

noun, masculine/sɥaʒ/plural: suages

humidity sweating from something

S'il fait chaud et que tout soit fermé: on dit, il y a du suage, c'est le suage du bois.

From suer + -age.

noun, masculine/sɥaʒ/plural: suages

application of suet or tallow

From Old French sieu + -age, see suif.