Defn: A separate thin wooden frame used to form the border of a hand mold, or a curb of India rubber or other material which rests on, and forms the edge of, the mold in a paper machine and determines the width of the paper. [Spelt also deckel, and deckle.]
DECKLE EDGE
Dec"kle edge`.
Defn: The rough, untrimmed edge of paper left by the deckle; also, a rough edge in imitation of this.
DECKLE-EDGED
Dec"kle-edged`, a.
Defn: Having a deckle edge; as, deckle-edged paper; a deckle-edged book.
DECLAIM
De*claim", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Declaimed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Declaiming.] Etym: [L. declamare; de- + clamare to cry out: cf. F.
déclamer. See Claim.]
1. To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking; as, the students declaim twice a week.
2. To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant. Grenville seized the opportunity to declaim on the repeal of the stamp act. Bancroft.
DECLAIM
De*claim", v. t.
1. To utter in public; to deliver in a rhetorical or set manner.