[sten.cil] n [ME stanselen to ornament with sparkling colors, fr. MF estanceler, fr. estancele spark, fr. (assumed) VL stincilla, alter. of L scintilla] (1707) 1: an impervious material (as a sheet of paper, thin wax, or woven fabric) perforated with lettering or a design through which a substance (as ink, paint, or metallic powder) is forced onto a surface to be printed
2: something (as a pattern, design, or print) that is produced by means of a stencil
3: a printing process that uses a stencil
[2]stencil vt sten.ciled or sten.cilled ; sten.cil.ing or sten.cil.ling (ca. 1828) 1: to mark or paint with a stencil
2: to produce by stencil -- sten.cil.er or sten.cil.ler n