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STENCIL , a thin See also:

PLATE

plate or See also:

SHEET

sheet of See also:

METAL
METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal, See also:

leather, er or other material cut or pierced with a See also:

PATTERN

pattern or See also:

DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design; this is laid upon a See also:

SURFACE

surface and See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour or See also:

INK (from Late Lat. encaustum, Gr. gysavorov, the purple ink used by Greek and Roman emperors, from iyKaiew, to burn in)

ink is brushed or rubbed over it, thus leaving the ground colour of the surface imprinted with the design or pattern cut out. In See also:

CERAMICS, or KERAMICS (Gr. KEpapos, earthenware)

ceramics' the stencil is produced by coating the See also:

BISCUIT (pronounced according to the old spelling " bisket," a Fr. form from Lat. bis, twice, and coctum, cooked, in reference to the original method of preparation; cf. Ital. biscotto, Sp. bizcocho, &c.)

biscuit with a preparation which prevents the See also:

TRANSFER (from Lat. transferre, to bear across, carry over)

transfer-See also:

paper or enamelling from adhering to the surface at those parts where the See also:

ORIGINAL

original colour of the biscuit ?is°=to be preserved. According to See also:

SKEAT, WALTER WILLIAM (1835– )

Skeat (Etym. See also:

DIET

Diet., 1910) the word stands for an earlier siinsel; and is to be derived from Old See also:

French estinceller, to sparkle, to See also:

POWDER (through O. Fr. puldre, modern poudre, from Lat. pulvis, pulveris, dust)

powder with stars, an old See also:

TERM

term in See also:

HERALDRY

heraldry, from Latin. scintilla, a spark. The same French word has given the See also:

ENGLISH

English " tinsel," strips, disks or pieces of thin glittering metallic substances used for the decoration of-fabrics. hence any See also:

GAUDY

gaudy, showy and pretentious material or substance.

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