deckle-edged

English

Adjective

deckle-edged

  1. (of paper) Having a deckle edge.
    • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 11, in The Line of Beauty, New York: Bloomsbury, OCLC 1036692193:
      From-time to time the book tilted and wobbled in his lap, and the weight of the deckle-edged pages pressed on his erection through the sleek black nylon.
  2. (figuratively) Rough-edged like uncut paper.
    • 1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine, Faber, page 116:
      We turn a corner and the world becomes a pattern of arteries, splashed with silver and deckle-edged with shadow.

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