[skrah-fee-toh; It. zgrahf-fee-taw] 
[-tee] . | 1. | a technique of ornamentation in which a surface layer of paint, plaster, slip, etc., is incised to reveal a ground of contrasting color. |
| 2. | an object, esp. pottery, decorated by this technique. |
| sgraf·fi·to (skrā-fē'tō, zgrä-) n. pl. sgraf·fi·ti (-tē)
[Italian, past participle of sgraffire, to scratch, from sgraffio, a scratch, from sgraffiare, to scratch, from Old Italian : s-, intensive pref.; see sforzando + graffiare, to scratch; see graffito.] |
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