sten·cil (st n s l)n. 1. 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. 2. The lettering or design produced with such a sheet. 3. The process of printing with such a sheet. tr.v. sten·ciled or sten·cilled, sten·cil·ing or sten·cil·ling, sten·cils 1. To mark with a stencil. 2. To produce by stencil. [From Middle English stencelled, adorned brightly, from Old French estenceler, to adorn brightly, from estencele, spark, from Vulgar Latin *stincilla, alteration of Latin scintilla, spark.] sten cil·er n. |   stencil (left) and painted motif |
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