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noun
A deep blue pigment made from powdered glass mixed with cobalt oxide.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: Dumont's blue, eschel
Antonyms: none provided
History
A borrowing from Italian smalto, from Medieval Latin smaltum, from Frankish *smalt, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaną (“to melt, smelt”). A doublet of smalto.
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