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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



... :deckle: /dek'l/ /n./ [from dec- and {nybble}; the original spelling seems to have been 'decle'] Two {nickle}s; 10 bits. Reported among developers for Mattel's GI 1600 (the Intellivision games processor), a chip with 16-bit-wide RAM but 10-bit-wide ROM. ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0
... of giant size, Bound in vellum or boards antique, The pages of paper made by hand With deckle edge and shape unique; Margins four inches wide, at least, And straggling o'er the page a line Or two (no more), of beautiful print In type advertised as "our own design." You pay a price exorbitant This cherished morsel ...
— Cap and Gown - A Treasury of College Verse • Selected by Frederic Knowles
... sorry we are not to have the pleasure," said Archibald. "But perhaps you would like a copy of my son's book. It is but a small volume, as you see." And Archibald pulled the parchment-bound, deckle-edged booklet from his outer breast pocket. "Don't hesitate, my dear sir, it will give me pleasure if you will ...
— Cleo The Magnificent - The Muse of the Real • Louis Zangwill
... of the woodwork, did the hod-carrying, and most of the unskilled labor. The building cost $8,000, and is 86 feet 8 inches by 52 feet 8 inches in its dimensions, is 2-1/2 stories high, and has a deckle roof with dormer windows. The chapel is on the first floor, 6 recitation-rooms on the second floor, and 13 sleeping-rooms for boys on the one-half third-story floor. A basement for storage purposes, 25 feet by 50 feet, ...
— Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements • Various


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