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Deckle

noun
(Spelt also deckel, and dekle)
1.
Rough edge left by a deckle on handmade paper or produced artificially on machine-made paper.  Synonym: deckle edge.
2.
(paper making) a frame used to form paper pulp into sheets.



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"Deckle" Quotes from Famous Books



... "It isn't deckle-edge paper with a ducal seal, if that is what you're expecting," grinned the boy, not unwilling to air ...
— Christopher and the Clockmakers • Sara Ware Bassett
... Printed on the finest deckle edge paper and bound in the best silk finished cloth, with frontispiece and rubricated title page. Elaborate cover design in ...
— The Wide, Wide World • Susan Warner


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