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Meanings of deckled in English
Having a rough edge; used of handmade paper or paper resembling handmade.
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Examples for "deckle-edged"
Examples for "deckle-edged"
1
Inside was an antique Waterman fountain pen with a filigreed overlay of gold, and a small volume in ribbed leather, with cream-colored, deckle-edged pages.
2
He regarded the book with intense disfavour, tore it in two, and used a handful of its fine deckle-edged leaves to get the fire going.
1
Presently he heard the rattle of a stick down the featheredged boarding of the outer walls of the hut.
Usage of deckled in English
1
Branches overhead rent the sunlight into jigsaw pieces that fell to ground as a jumble of bright shards and deckled crescents.
2
"I am glad to hear it; but to what circumstance is so deckled a revulsion of sentiment attributable?"