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deckled en · ADJ

Etymology

From deckle + -ed; see deckle edge.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having a rough edge (used especially of hand-made paper).
   • The facade was finished in polished marble and bronze set into limestone, completely plain except for softly, almost invisibly, deckled keystones. 2008 February 10, Christopher Gray, “A Little Jewel Box of a Shoe Store”, in New York Times:

deckled en · VERB

Etymology

From deckle + -ed; see deckle edge.

Meanings

1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of deckle
   form of deckle