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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..
Use stopping-out when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Stopping-out means 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..
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