smalt

[ smawlt ]

/ smɔlt /

noun

a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.

Nearby words

smallpox, smallpox vaccine, smallpox virus, smalls, smallsword, smalt, smaltite, smalto, smaragd, smaragdine, smaragdite

Origin of smalt

1550–60; < Middle French < Italian smalto smalto

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Examples from the Web for smalt

Thus they pound cinnabar and smalt finer than other nations, and yet sell both these articles cheaper.
A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume I (of 2)|Johann Beckman
Ultimately the goods are mill-washed, blued with smalt and dried.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1|Various
This blue is distinguished from smalt by dissolving in acetic acid.
Field's Chromatography|George Field
The portion of Arsenic that is thus fixed vitrifies with the colouring matter, and enters into the composition of the Smalt.
Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed.|Pierre Joseph Macquer

Lower sectorial with a smalt narrow heel and distinct inner tubercle.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4|Various

British Dictionary definitions for smalt

smalt

/ (smɔːlt) /

noun

a type of silica glass coloured deep blue with cobalt oxide

a pigment made by crushing this glass, used in colouring enamels

the blue colour of this pigment

Word Origin for smalt

C16: via French from Italian smalto, of Germanic origin; related to smelt 1

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