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noun
Any of various black metal alloys, made of sulphur with copper, silver or lead, used to create decorative designs on other metals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
An impression on paper taken from the engraved or incised surface before the niello alloy has been inlaid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
To decorate (a surface) using this technique.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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History
Borrowed from Italian niello, from Latin nigellus (“blackish”).
Across languages
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