1. Machine-made paper may artificially have its edges produced to resemble a deckle edge . 2. I don't mean deckle edging and no conservation effort has been involved either. 3. Handmade paper similarly exhibits " deckle edges ", or rough and feathery borders. 4. :It's called a deckle edge . 5. The deckle edge could be trimmed off, but this extra step would add to the cost of the book. 6. With the appearance of smooth edges in the 19th century, the deckle edge slowly emerged as a status symbol. 7. Paper with a feathered edge is described as having a " deckle edge ", in contrast to a cut edge. 8. :: Do you mean deckle edging , which can be much more wavy than sawtoothed as in the picture in the article? 9. A deckle edge is unrelated to the practice of unopened pages, in which a reader must cut open pages with knife. 10. In a related sense, it can also mean "'deckle edge "'paper a type of paper with rough edges used in the book trade.
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