cut solid
1. The edges of a book which have been cut smooth
and even, particularly at the head and fore edge.
Library and edition bindings are almost always cut
solid, usually by means of a guillotine cutter or
three-knife trimmer. When edition bindings do have
rough (deckle) edges, it is usually an
affectation. Books bound by hand also generally
have edges cut solid, but this was by no means
true in the past. Edges cut solid make it easier
to turn the leaves and also reduce the incursion
of dust. 2. The faces of finishing tools that are
solid metal, sometimes with line veinings, in
distinction from tools CUT OPEN . (343 )
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