stencil

A sheet, as of plastic or cardboard, in which a desired lettering or design has been cut so that ink or paint applied to the sheet will reproduce the pattern on the surface beneath.

The lettering or design produced with such a sheet.

The process of printing with such a sheet.

To mark with a stencil.

To produce by stencil.

To mark out or paint by means of a stencil.

A door-post; a stanchion.

A thin plate or sheet of any substance in which a figure, letter, or pattern is formed by cutting through the plate.

The coloring matter used in marking with a stencil-plate.

In ceramics, a preparation laid upon the biscuit to keep the oil used in transfer-printing or enameling from adhering to the surface; hence, the pattern traced by this preparation, reserving a panel or medallion of the unaltered color of the biscuit.