smalto
Americannoun
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colored glass or similar vitreous material used in mosaic.
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a piece of this.
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The name "enamel" is traceable to the French word enail and the Italian smalto, both having the same root as the Anglo-Saxon word "smelt."
From Chats on Household Curios by Burgess, Fred. W. (Frederick William)
The woodwork of its roof, and the emblazoned patterns in porphyry and serpentine and glass and smalto, which cover its whole surface, were designed 312 by Oriental decorators.
From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series by Symonds, John Addington
A great improvement was introduced into the art in 1775, by Signor Raffaeli, who thought of preparing the smalti in what may be termed fine threads.
From Notes and Queries, Vol. III, Number 87, June 28, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
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