or zaf′fre
a mixture of impure oxides of cobalt, used in making smalt and as a blue pigment in ceramic glazes, glassmaking, etc.
Origin of zaffer
from French zafre or Italian zaffera, probably from Arabic ?ufr, yellow copper, brasszaffer
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zaffer
also zaf·fre
noun
An impure oxide of cobalt, used to produce a blue color in enamel and in the making of smalt.
Origin of zaffer
Italian zaffera from Old French safre perhaps alteration of safir sapphire ; see sapphire . or from Arabic &slowdot;ufr yellow copper, brass from 'a&slowdot;far yellow &slowdot;pr2THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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