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▪ I. stencil, n.|ˈstɛnsɪl| Also 8 stanesile, 9 † stensil. [In 18th c. stanesile, app. f. ME. stansel vb., to ornament with various colours: see stencil v. 1.] 1. A thin sheet of metal, cardboard, etc., in which one or more holes have been cut, of such shape that when a brush charged with pigment is passed over the back of the sheet, a desired pattern, letter, or figure is produced on the surface upon which the sheet is laid.
1707Phil. Trans. XXV. 2398 They colour them [playing cards] by the help of several Patterns or Stanesiles, as they call them; they are Card Paper cut thro' with a Penknife, for every Colour, as Red, &c. 1816Singer Hist. Cards 75 note, Savary describes the Indian mode of printing cottons, which he says is by means of a perforated pattern, or stensil. 1848Chatto Hist. Cards 89 That those cards were depicted by means of a stencil is evident. 1868W. Sutherland Pract. Guide Ho. Decoration 16 When the pattern is very small and intricate, it is best to cut a separate stencil for each colour. 1884Harper's Mag. Mar. 583/1 Fig. 6 is a treatment produced by three stencils. 2. A pattern or design produced by stencilling.
1899Kipling Stalky 105 He looked regretfully round the cosy study which M‘Turk..had decorated with a dado, a stencil, and cretonne hangings. 3. The colouring matter used in stencilling. Also (Ceramics), a composition used in transfer-printing and enamelling, to protect from the oil those portions of the pattern that are to be left uncoloured.
1853Ure Dict. Arts II. 454 s.v. Porcelain, The stencil (generally a mixture of rose-pink, sugar, and water) is laid on in the form desired with a pencil. 1859in Abridgm. Specif. Patents, Printing 397 The article is then fired with the stencil on. The stencil is rubbed off on its leaving the kiln. 4. attrib. and Comb., as stencil alphabet, stencil design, stencil letter, stencil pattern; stencil-brush, the brush used in stencilling; stencil-cutter, (a) a person who makes stencils; (b) a tool for cutting letters, etc. out of stencil-plates (Knight); stencil-painting vbl. n., decorating by means of stencils; stencil-paper = sense 1; stencil-paste, the composition used in stencilling; stencil-plate = sense 1.
1866W. F. Stanley Math. Instrum. 227 Plain *stencil alphabets.
1868W. Sutherland Pract. Guide Ho. Decoration 15 Now dip the *stencil brush into colour.
1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, *Stencil-cutter, a person who pierces patterns, letters, or ornaments, on thin metal plates, or on oil-cloth, etc. for the use of a stenciller.
1888Lady 25 Oct. 374/2 Deepen the tint, and in dark red, wash in the *stencil designs.
1866W. F. Stanley Math. Instrum. 227 One of the most imperfect *stencil letters.
1845G. Dodd Brit. Manuf. IV. 133 The method of ‘*stencil-painting’.
1868W. Sutherland Pract. Guide Ho. Decoration 13 The *stencil paper being prepared, trace the design upon it.
1875Knight Dict. Mech. 2374/2 The ink used is known as *stencil-paste, and is essentially a water-color.
1868W. Sutherland Pract. Guide Ho. Decoration 12 *Stencil patterns play a very important part in house decoration.
1816Singer Hist. Cards 178 The artist is using a *stencil plate and broad flat brush. 1873Spon Workshop Rec. Ser. i. 7/1 Copper is much better than brass for stencil plates. ▪ II. stencil, v.|ˈstɛnsɪl| Also 5 stansel, stencel. [In sense 1, a. OF. estanceler, estenceler, f. estencele (mod.F. étincelle):—popular L. *stincilla metathesis of scintilla spark. In sense 2, a late derivative of stencil n., which appears to be f. the verb.] †1. trans. To ornament with bright colours or pieces of precious metal. Obs.
a1420Aunturs of Arth. (Irel. MS.) xxxi. 2 In stele was he stuffut, that sterne on his stede, With his sternes of gold, stanseld on stray. 14..Sir Beues (S.) 3777+7 Florysschyd [v.r. Stencelled] wiþ rosys off syluyr bryȝt. 2. a. To produce (an inscription, design, etc.) by using a stencil. to stencil out, to blot out by stencilling.
1861Sala Dutch Pict. xiv. 215 His Lordship's invitation..printed upon placards, and stencilled on the walls. 1886Art Jrnl. Apr. 107/2 Old English, Arabic, and other inscriptions may be stencilled as friezes in rooms. 1894Fiske Holiday Stor. (1900) 108 The goods are probably shipped West and sold, the dealers' names and numbers being stencilled out. b. To mark or paint (a surface) with an inscription or design by means of a stencil.
1833Loudon Encycl. Archit. §580. 278 A simple..mode of stencilling the walls of plain cottages. 1865Reader 4 Feb. 130/3 The earliest cards were stencilled, the figures being produced by a brush passing over the stencil, in which the outlines were cut through. Hence ˈstencilled ppl. a.
1853R. S. Surtees Sponge's Sp. Tour lxiii. 354 A fragment of glass nailed against the stencilled wall. 1881Young Ev. Man his own Mechanic §1409. 644 A..pale blue ground with a stencilled pattern in darker shades of blue. |