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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]


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