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Etymology

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From deckle +‎ -ed; see deckle edge.

Adjective

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deckled (not comparable)

  1. Having a rough edge (used especially of hand-made paper).
    • 2008 February 10, Christopher Gray, “A Little Jewel Box of a Shoe Store”, in New York Times[1]:
      The facade was finished in polished marble and bronze set into limestone, completely plain except for softly, almost invisibly, deckled keystones.

Verb

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deckled

  1. simple past and past participle of deckle