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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A pattern produced using such a utensil.
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noun
A two-ply master sheet for use with a mimeograph.
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verb
To print with a stencil.
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Usage: intransitive, transitive
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noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sheet, flat solid
verb
mark or print with a stencil
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Broader terms: print
History
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.
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