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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A stencil method of printmaking in which a design is imposed on a screen of silk or other fine mesh, with blank areas coated with an impermeable substance, and ink is forced through the mesh onto the printing surface.
  • noun A print made by this method.

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