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Webster 1913 Edition


Stopping-out

Stop′ping-outˊ

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Noun.
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.

Definition 2024


stopping-out

stopping-out

English

Noun

stopping-out (plural stopping-outs)

  1. An etching technique used 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.