smalt

(smôlt)

noun

  1. deep-blue glass prepared from silica, potash, and oxide of cobalt: used, in pulverized form, as a pigment
  2. pigment made in this way
  3. its deep-blue color

Origin: Fr < It smalto < Frank *smalt < WGmc base of OHG smelzan, to melt: see smelt

See smalt in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A deep blue paint and ceramic pigment produced by pulverizing a glass made of silica, potash, and cobalt oxide.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Italian smalto, enamel, glaze

Origin: , of Germanic origin; see mel-1 in Indo-European roots

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