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Stopping-out   Listen
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Stopping-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.






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"Stopping-out" Quotes from Famous Books



... the etched lines in this print in a single operation. The lines were put on the plate before it went into the acid. The plate was then etched by the acid in a single biting, without stopping-out. The evidence for these assertions comes from the print itself, as we have no direct testimony in ...
— Rembrandt's Etching Technique: An Example • Peter Morse



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