fore-edge painting: Meaning and Definition of

fore'-edge paint"ing

Pronunciation: (fôr'ej", fōr'-), [key]
  1. a technique of painting a picture on the fore edge of a book, often in such a manner that only when the pages are slightly fanned the picture is revealed.
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