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sten⋅cil

  [sten-suhl] noun, verb, -ciled, -cil⋅ing or (especially British) -cilled, -cil⋅ling.
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–noun
1. a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
2. the letters, designs, etc., produced on a surface by this method.
–verb (used with object)
3. to mark or paint (a surface) by means of a stencil.
4. to produce (letters, figures, designs, etc.) by means of a stencil.
Origin:
1375–1425; earlier stanesile, late ME stansele to ornament with diverse colors or spangles < MF estanceler, deriv. of estencele a spark, ornamental spangle < VL *stincilla, metathetic var. of L scintilla scintilla

Related forms:
sten⋅cil⋅er; especially British, sten⋅cil⋅ler, noun
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Word Origin & History

stencil  (n.)
1707, not recorded again until 1848, probably from M.E. stencellen "decorate with bright colors," from M.Fr. estenceler "cover with sparkles or stars, powder with color," from estencele "spark, spangle," from V.L. *stincilla, metathesis of L. scintilla "spark." The verb meaning "to produce a design with a stencil" is first recorded 1861.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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