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silk screens

[silk-skreen]

silk·screen

[silk-skreen]
noun
1.
Also called silkscreen process. a printmaking technique in which a mesh cloth is stretched over a heavy wooden frame and the design, painted on the screen by tusche or affixed by stencil, is printed by having a squeegee force color through the pores of the material in areas not blocked out by a glue sizing.
2.
a print made by this technique.
verb (used with object)
3.
to print by silkscreen.

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Silk screens is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
adjective
4.
of, made by, or printed with silkscreen.

Origin:
1940–45; silk + screen
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