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stencil

noun
/ˈstɛnsɪl/UK/ˈstɛnsəl/US

Etymology

Likely a nominalization of Middle English stencellen (“to garnish with bright hues”), borrowed from Middle French estinceller (“to glisten”), from Old French estenceler (“to spark”), from Old French estencele (“spark”), from Vulgar Latin *stincilla, from metathesis of Latin scintilla (“spark”). The verb is from the noun.

  1. derived from scintilla — “spark”
  2. derived from *stincilla✻
  3. derived from estencele — “spark”
  4. derived from estenceler — “to spark”
  5. derived from estinceller — “to glisten”
  6. inherited from stencellen — “to garnish with bright hues”

Definitions

  1. A thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern may…

    A thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern may be produced upon a surface; a utensil that contains a perforated sheet.

    • You do not necessarily need to have a stencil brush to paint over a stencil.

  2. A pattern produced using such a utensil.

  3. A two-ply master sheet for use with a mimeograph.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To print with a stencil.

      • Stencilled letters were used for words and phrases, as well as for captions for some of his stencil “prints,” print being used in the sense of a multicolor woodcut.

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Derived

microstencil, nanostencil, stencil art, stencil buffer, stencil duplicator, stencilmaker, stencilmaking, stencil work

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA