First recorded in 1655–65
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The cut fore edge, opposite the spine, is silky smooth.
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2020
Sometimes the exposed pages, known as the fore edge, had text or embellishments, including extravagantly painted scenes from the book.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2018
I ran my thumb along its fore edge, narrow and sharp against my skin.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 4, 2011
He rushed back to the fore edge of the roof and peered over.
From Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo by Strang, Herbert
Sometimes the leaf when inserted will extend beyond the fore edge of the book.
From Library Bookbinding by Bailey, Arthur Low
Maisie Matilda, 22, taught herself fore-edge painting during the first lockdown.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2022
Jackson said she particularly enjoys doing fore-edge painting on copies of Tolkien’s work.
From Fox News ● Jan. 7, 2022
Jackson is also finishing her final year of college studying art history, which means she only has limited time to do fore-edge paintings, she said.
From Fox News ● Jan. 7, 2022
"My main aim is to bring fore-edge painting back into popular visual culture," she said.
From Fox News ● Jan. 7, 2022
These books, when returned for permanent covers, as they frequently are, have one-sixteenth of an inch trimmed off the head and tail; and one-eighth of an inch off the fore-edge.
From Paper-Cutting Machines A Primer of Information about Paper and Card Trimmers, Hand-Lever Cutters, Power Cutters and Other Automatic Machines for Cutting Paper (Typographic Technical Series Part 1, No. 10) by Grayson, David
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