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smalt

[smawlt]
–noun
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.

Origin:
1550–60; < MF < It smalto smalto
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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.]
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