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Stopping-Out

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) A method adopted in etching, to keep the acid from those parts which are already sufficiently corroded, by applying varnish or other covering matter with a brush, but allowing the acid to act on the other parts.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Stopping-Out'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/stopping-out.html. 1828.