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deckel

American  
[dek-uhl] / ˈdɛk əl /

noun

Papermaking.
  1. deckle.


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Crushed buckram, gilt top, deckel edges, $1.25; half calf or half morocco, $3.00.

From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)

These and the gate, or "slicer," are attached to what is termed the deckel-frame, which corresponds to the deckel used by paper-makers in the days when the manufacture was carried on by hand.

From A Book of Exposition by Nugent, Homer Heath

Beautifully printed in two colors on deckel edge paper, with decorative borders, fourteen half-tone illustrations by Gilbert James, and a portrait of Fitzgerald.

From The Wide, Wide World by Warner, Susan

Printed on deckel edged paper, with illustrations. 22nd edition.

From Boston Neighbours In Town and Out by Poor, Agnes Blake

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