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A thin plate of metal, leather, or other material, used in painting, marking, etc. The pattern is cut out of the plate, which is then laid flat on the surface to be marked, and the color brushed over it. Called also sten…

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  1. n. A thin plate of metal, leather, or other material, used in painting, marking, etc. The pattern is cut out of the plate, which is then laid flat on the surface to be marked, and the color brushed over it. Called also stencil plate.
  2. v. t. To mark, paint, or color in figures with stencils; to form or print by means of a stencil.
  3. n. a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
  4. v. mark or print with a stencil
  5. A thin plate of metal, leather, or other material, used in painting, marking, etc. The pattern is cut out of the plate, which is then laid flat on the surface to be marked, and the color brushed over it. Called also stencil plate. To mark, paint, or color in figures with stencils; to form or print by means of a stencil.
  6. A thin plate of metal, leather, or other material, used inpainting, marking, etc. The pattern is cut out of the plate, which isthen laid flat on the surface to be marked, and the color brushedover it. Called also stencil plate.
  7. v:50/n:50 n. a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below v. mark or print with a stencil