smalt
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smalt
(smôlt)n.
A deep blue paint and ceramic pigment produced by pulverizing a glass made of silica, potash, and cobalt oxide.
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smalt
(smɔːlt)n
1. (Ceramics) a type of silica glass coloured deep blue with cobalt oxide
2. (Ceramics) a pigment made by crushing this glass, used in colouring enamels
3. (Colours) the blue colour of this pigment
[C16: via French from Italian smalto, of Germanic origin; related to smelt1]
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smalt
(smɔlt)n.
powdered blue glass used to color vitreous materials.
[1550–60; < Middle French < Italian smalto smalto]
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