Deckle edge

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

deckle edge
    n 1: rough edge left by a deckle on handmade paper or produced
         artificially on machine-made paper [syn: {deckle edge},
         {deckle}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Deckle edge \Dec"kle edge`\
   The rough, untrimmed edge of paper left by the deckle; also,
   a rough edge in imitation of this.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.] deckle-edged

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