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Art or process of hammering out or pressing thin metal from the reverse side: in producing repousse work; in leveling up any part of an etched plate that has been worked so as to cause a depression.

Art or process of hammering out or pressing thin metal from the reverse side: in producing repousse work; in leveling up any part of an etched plate that has been worked so as to cause a depression.

r[=e]-p[=oo]'säj, n. the hammering from behind of ornamental patterns upon a metal plate: or of etched plates making hollows which would show as spots in printing.