smalt

smalt  (smôlt)

n.

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

---

[French, from Italian smalto, enamel, glaze, of Germanic origin; see mel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

---

smalt [smɔːlt]

n

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics) a type of silica glass coloured deep blue with cobalt oxide

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics) a pigment made by crushing this glass, used in colouring enamels

3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) the blue colour of this pigment

[via French from Italian smalto, of Germanic origin; related to smelt¹]