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scagliola

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scagl·io·la  (skl-yl)
n.
Plasterwork in imitation of ornamental marble, consisting of ground gypsum and glue colored with marble or granite dust.
[Italian, diminutive of scaglia, chip, of Germanic origin; see skel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
scagliola [skælˈjəʊlə]
n
(Earth Sciences / Minerals) imitation marble made of glued gypsum with a polished surface of coloured stone or marble dust
[from Italian, diminutive of scaglia chip of marble, of Germanic origin; related to shale, scale2]
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"I must work the garden--I must work the garden," I said to myself, five minutes later, as I waited, upstairs, in the long, dusky sala, where the bare scagliola floor gleamed vaguely in a chink of the closed shutters.
The Aspern Papers by James, Henry View in context
For the morning sun fell aslant on the great glass globe with gold fish in it, which stood on a scagliola pillar in front of the ready-spread bachelor breakfast-table, and by the side of this breakfast-table was a group which would have made any room enticing.
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