smalto

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smalto

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Borrowed from Italian smalto. Doublet of schmaltz and smalt.

noun smalti

A piece of coloured glass used in mosaic. This is done by striking the smalto with a sharp-edged hammer, directly over a similar edge, placed vertically beneath.

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@misc{smalto_2026,
  title = {smalto},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/smalto},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}