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The French term dentelle is also of modern date, and was not used until fashion caused passament to be made with a toothed edge, when the designation passament dentelé appears But whatever the origin of the name, lace-making and embroidery have employed many fingers, and worn out many eyes, and even created revolutions.

—The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866

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Lace.
In bookbinding, a style of angular decoration, which in its simplest form is like a row of saw-teeth, and in an ornate form is like the points of point-lace.

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The French term dentelle is also of modern date, and was not used until fashion caused passament to be made with a toothed edge, when the designation passament dentelé appears But whatever the origin of the name, lace-making and embroidery have employed many fingers, and worn out many eyes, and even created revolutions. — The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866
De gout; -- des observes la plus _fine dentelle_ -- — Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873
D. M.C Nos. 30 to 700, [A] and Fil à dentelle D. M.C, balls or reels, Nos. — Encyclopedia of Needlework
Both these and the lace-thread (Fil à dentelle) on reels, are superfine in quality. — Encyclopedia of Needlework
Linen is generally sewn with linen-thread, but Fil à dentelle and the Fil d'Alsace are very good substitutes. — Encyclopedia of Needlework