Vocabulary : Decking to Declamation

Decking : of Deck
Deckle : 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.
Deckle edge : The rough, untrimmed edge of paper left by the deckle; also, a rough edge in imitation of this.
Deckle-edged : Having a deckle edge; as, deckle-edged paper; a deckle-edged book.
Declaim : 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. ;; To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant. ;; To utter in public; to deliver in a rhetorical or set manner. ;; To defend by declamation; to advocate loudly.
Declaimant : A declaimer.
Declaimed : of Declaim
Declaimer : One who declaims; an haranguer.
Declaiming : of Declaim
Declamation : The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students. ;; A set or harangue; declamatory discourse. ;; Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation.
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