Repoussage

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Repoussage \Re*pous`sage"\, n. [F. See {Repouss['e]}.] (Art)
     Art or process of hammering out or pressing thin metal from
     the reverse side: (1) in producing repouss['e] work; (2) in
     leveling up any part of an etched plate that has been worked
     so as to cause a depression.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]