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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stencil \Sten"cil\, n. [Probably from OF. estincelle spangle,
spark, F. ['e]tincelle spark, L. scintilla. See
Scintillate, and cf. Tinsel.]
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.
[1913 Webster]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stencil \Sten"cil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stenciledor
Stencilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Stenciling or Stencilling.]
To mark, paint, or color in figures with stencils; to form or
print by means of a stencil.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet stencil
n : device that has a sheet perforated with printing through
which ink or paint can pass to create a printed pattern
v : mark or print with a stencil
[also: stencilling, stencilled]

Moby Dictionary
abstract , abstraction , albertype , altarpiece , block print ,
book printing , cameography , cartoon , chalk , charcoal ,
chromotypography , chromotypy , chromoxylography , collage , collotype ,
color , color print , color printing , copy , crayon , crosshatch ,
cyclorama , dash off , daub , decal , decalcomania , delineate , depict ,
design , diagram , diptych , doodle , draft , draw , electronography ,
electrostatic printing , engraving , fresco , glass printing ,
graphic arts , gravure , halftone engraving , hatch ,
history of printing , icon , illumination , illustration , image ,
job printing , letterpress , letterpress photoengraving , likeness ,
limn , line engraving , lithography , lithogravure , lithophotogravure ,
mimeograph , miniature , monotype , montage , mosaic , mural , offset ,
offset lithography , onset , paint , paint a picture ,
palaeotypography , panorama , pencil , photo-offset ,
photochemical process , photoengraving , photogelatin process ,
photograph , photographic reproduction , photography ,
photolithography , phototypography , phototypy , photozincography ,
picture , picturize , planographic printing , planography , portray ,
print , printing , printmaking , publication , publishing ,
relief printing , representation , reproduction , rotary photogravure ,
rotogravure , scratch , scumble , serigraphy , shade , sheetwork ,
sketch , stained glass window , still life , tableau , tapestry ,
three-color printing , tint , trace , triptych , two-color printing ,
typography , typolithography , wall painting , wood-block printing ,
xerography , xeroprinting , xylotypography , zincography