smalt glass
1Smalt — is powdered glass, colored deep blue (powder blue) using cobalt, used for dyeing and laundering.External links* [http://webexhibits.org/pigments/indiv/overview/smalt.html Smalt] …
2smalt — [smôlt] n. [Fr < It smalto < Frank * smalt < WGmc base of OHG smelzan, to melt: see SMELT2] 1. deep blue glass prepared from silica, potash, and oxide of cobalt: used, in pulverized form, as a pigment 2. pigment made in this way 3. its… …
3glass — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. crystal; mirror, lens, slide; beaker, tumbler, goblet, snifter; pane; stained glass, bottle glass, peloton, etc.; telescope, spyglass; (pl.) spectacles, eyeglasses. See optical instruments, receptacle …
4smalt — [smɔ:lt, smɒlt] noun chiefly historical glass coloured blue with cobalt oxide. ↘a pigment made by pulverizing such glass. Origin C16: from Fr., from Ital. smalto, of Gmc origin; related to smelt1 …
5smalt — /smɔlt/ (say smawlt) noun 1. a deep blue pigment prepared by powdering a glass coloured with cobalt. 2. a glass made by fusing cobalt oxide and silica. {French, from Italian smalto, from German Schmalte; related to smelt1} …
6smalt — noun Etymology: Middle French, from Old Italian smalto, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German smelzan to melt more at smelt Date: 1558 a deep blue pigment consisting of a powdered glass that contains oxide of cobalt …
7smalt — /smawlt/, n. 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. [1550 60; < MF < It smalto SMALTO] * * * …
8smalt — noun a deep blue pigment made from powdered glass mixed with cobalt oxide …
9smalt — [[t]smɔlt[/t]] n. cer powdered blue glass used to color vitreous materials • Etymology: 1550–60; < MF < It smalto smalto …
10smalt — n. 1 glass coloured blue with cobalt. 2 a pigment made by pulverizing this. Etymology: F f. It. smalto f. Gmc, rel. to SMELT(1) …
