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repoussage
CIDE DICTIONARY
repoussage, n. [F. See Repoussé.].
Art or process of hammering out or pressing thin metal from the reverse side: (1) in producing repoussé work; (2) in leveling up any part of an etched plate that has been worked so as to cause a depression. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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