Uncut

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English

Definition

"The edges of a newly printed book which have not been cut or trimmed, thus leaving the bolts, which must be cut before the book can be read. Until this is done the book is said to be unopened."<ref name="Etherington">Roberts, Matt T. and Don Etherington. "Uncut (uncut edges)". Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books, A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology. Conservation Online, 1994. Web. 3 September 2014.</ref>

For the term that describes the uneven edges of a book's pages, see untrimmed.

Related terms

untrimmed, cut (antonym), trimmed (antonym)

Translations for "uncut"

• Chinese: 未修剪的<ref name="Goethe"> Glossary on paper restoration. Goethe-Institut Hongkong, 2013. Web.</ref>

{{Concept translation|language=da|label=ubeskåret]]<ref name="Hertzberger">Hertzberger, Menno. Dictionnaire À L'usage De La Librairie Ancienne: Pour Les Langues: Française, Anglaise, Allemande, Suédoise, Danoise, Italienne, Espagnole, Hollandaise. Paris: Ligue Internationale de la Librairie Ancienne, 1956. Print.</ref>

• Dutch: onafgesneden<ref name="Hertzberger" />

• French: non rogné<ref name="Hertzberger" />

• German: unbeschnitten<ref name="Goethe" /><ref name="Hertzberger" />

• Italian: intonso<ref name="Hertzberger" />

• Korean: 언컷트(책이나 잡지 따위의 제본에 앞서, 가장자리를 가지런히 자르지 않은 것)<ref name="Goethe" />

• Latin: (translation needed)

• Spanish: sin cortar<ref name="Hertzberger" />

• Swedish: oskuren<ref name="Hertzberger" />

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