- Smalt-blue
- Smalt-blue \Smalt"-blue`\, a. Deep blue, like smalt. [1913 Webster]
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Smalt — is powdered glass, colored deep blue (powder blue) using cobalt, used for dyeing and laundering.External links* [http://webexhibits.org/pigments/indiv/overview/smalt.html Smalt] … Wikipedia
smalt — [smôlt] n. [Fr < It smalto < Frank * smalt < WGmc base of OHG smelzan, to melt: see SMELT2] 1. deep blue glass prepared from silica, potash, and oxide of cobalt: used, in pulverized form, as a pigment 2. pigment made in this way 3. its… … English World dictionary
Smalt — Smalt, n. [It. smalto, LL. smaltum; of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. smalz grease, butter, G. schmalz grease, OHG. smelzan to melt, G. schmelzen. See {Smelt}, v. t., and cf. {Amel}, {Enamel}.] A deep blue pigment or coloring material used in various… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Smalt — Bleu smalt Composantes RVB (r, v, b) (0, 60, 153) Triplet hexa. 003399 CMJN (c, m … Wikipédia en Français
blue — Synonyms and related words: Alice blue, Amytal, Amytal pill, Brunswick blue, Caelus, Capri blue, Chinese blue, Copenhagen blue, Demerol, Dolophine, Dresden blue, Fescennine, French blue, Gobelin blue, H, Luminal, Luminal pill, M, Mickey Finn,… … Moby Thesaurus
blue — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. azure, indigo, sapphire (see color); delft; severe, puritanical; sad, dejected, depressed, dispirited, downhearted; risqué, profane. See impurity, dejection.Ant., happy. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… … English dictionary for students
blue bice — Bice Bice, Bise Bise, n. [F. bis, akin to It. bigio light gray, tawny.] (Paint.) A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt; called also {blue bice}. [1913 Webster] {Green bice} is prepared from the blue … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
smalt — noun Etymology: Middle French, from Old Italian smalto, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German smelzan to melt more at smelt Date: 1558 a deep blue pigment consisting of a powdered glass that contains oxide of cobalt … New Collegiate Dictionary
smalt — /smawlt/, n. 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. [1550 60; < MF < It smalto SMALTO] * * * … Universalium
smalt — noun a deep blue pigment made from powdered glass mixed with cobalt oxide … Wiktionary
