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prettygoodwordsmalt (SMAWLT) - n., a deep blue pigment made from powdered glass mixed with cobalt oxide.
This is a follow-up word to zaffre, which uses it, though it's also used for ex as a ceramic glaze:
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It's also been used in paintings, but it tends to fade, unlike when fired as a glaze. The word dates to the 1550s, taken from Middle French, from Old Italian smalto, enamel/glaze, of Germanic origin (akin to Old High German smelzan, to melt, and thus cognate to smelt).
---L.
This is a follow-up word to zaffre, which uses it, though it's also used for ex as a ceramic glaze:
Thanks, WikiMedia!
It's also been used in paintings, but it tends to fade, unlike when fired as a glaze. The word dates to the 1550s, taken from Middle French, from Old Italian smalto, enamel/glaze, of Germanic origin (akin to Old High German smelzan, to melt, and thus cognate to smelt).
---L.
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Date: 2023-04-05 07:39 pm (UTC)I love it.