I. noun
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use
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Special fabric paint is applied using a stencil brush and then the design is fixed permanently by pressing with an iron.
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If you want a more definite pattern or motif the easiest method to achieve this is to use a stencil .
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Correction of errors or alterations on the stencil are easily made by using special correcting fluid. 3.
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Electronic stencils produce photographic reproduction. 4.
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For starters, our model is right-handed -- and so was the intricately cut plastic stencil .
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Good quality stencils can produce several hundred copies per run, and, if stored carefully, can be reused. 2.
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The stencils are sold to companies which use them to produce semiconductor chips.
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This time she squeezed the paste on to the stencil in thin ribbons and smoothed it evenly over her left palm.
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Two pieces of leather, glued together on three sides, and monogrammed with the aid of a stencil .
II. verb
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Her footprint was stencilled across the thick hand-made paper.
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If they are rather worse for wear you could always just paint and perhaps stencil them.
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It was stencilled in white paint on the freight car fourth from the front.
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The lead engine had a canvas dodger along its canopy, that was stencilled in crude letters: Look Out, Fritz!
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The name was stencilled inside a brass frame on the fourth door along.