Stopping-out

Stopping-out
Stopping-out Stop"ping-out`, 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. [1913 Webster]

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