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   Sten·cil

   /ˈstens(ə)l/

   

   noun

   • 1. a thin sheet of cardboard, plastic, or metal with a pattern or letters cut out of it, used to produce the cut design on the surface below by the application of ink or paint through the holes: "stencil designs such as fruit"
   • ▪ a design produced by a stencil: "a floral stencil around the top of the room"

   verb

   • 1. decorate (a surface) with a stencil: "the walls had been stenciled with designs"
   • ▪ produce (a design) with a stencil: "stencil a border around the door"

   Word Origin early 18th century: from earlier stansel ‘ornament with various colors’ (based on Latin scintilla ‘spark’).

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