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04.14.06

Shaved

Particularly for Miss Frizzy:

SHAVED:

When the binder has trimmed off the whole margin of a leaf and touched ink, but has not actually cut off more than the outer edge of any printed letters, the result is indicated by such terms as ‘HEADLINES slightly shaved’, ‘some SIDE-NOTES shaved’, or ‘CATCHWORDS shaved on pages 16-20’. He has grazed the text and drawn blood; and it is proper that the synonym for shaved, in this context, should be touched; but it is hardly a wound, which would justify text cut into, or cropped.

Carter, John, ABC for Book Collectors, 181

Comments

Hmmm.... are you trying to tell me my blog's new confines are cutting off the words?

Have I drawn blood?

All this cutting...

No, not at all. I was remembering your old bibliophile tagline, and your appreciation of innuendo, and thought this definition might appeal to all of that.

heh

slightly foxed

yes, i was.