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deckle-edged

deckle-edged \dec"kle-edged`\ deckled \dec"kled\, a. having a rough edge; having a deckle edge; -- used of handmade paper or paper resembling handmade; as, deckle-edged paper; a deckle-edged book.

Syn: featheredged.

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deckle-edged

a. rough edged like uncut paper

WordNet
deckle-edged

adj. having a rough edge; used of handmade paper or paper resembling handmade [syn: deckled, featheredged]

Usage examples of "deckle-edged".

From the station to the Lycée it was like a promenade through the Danzig Corridor, all deckle-edged, crannied, nerve-ridden.

Appended to one that arrived in March of 1961 (her letters always came on deckle-edged paper with teddy bears dancing down the sides) was a stark P.