Definition of Smalts

1. smalt [n] - See also: smalt

Lexicographical Neighbors of Smalts

smally
smalm
smalmed
smalmily
smalming
smalms
smalmy
smalt
smalti
smaltine
smaltines
smaltite
smaltites
smalto
smaltos
smalts (current term)
smaragd
smaragde
smaragdes
smaragdine
smaragdite
smaragdites
smaragds
smarm
smarmed
smarmier
smarmiest
smarmily
smarminess
smarminesses

Literary usage of Smalts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Manufacture of Mineral and Lake Pigments: Containing Directions for the by Josef Bersch (1901)
"smalts. THIS blue pigment is a very finely powdered glass, ... If a very small amount of cobalt oxide is used the smalts has a beautiful pale blue colour, ..."

2. A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Brick, Tiles and Terra-cotta by Charles Thomas Davis (1895)
"... mixed to the consistence of a paste with linseed oil, Into this paste are fixed the " smalts," of which the mosaic picture is formed. ..."

3. A Descriptive Guide to the Museum of Practical Geology: With Notices of the by Robert Hunt, Frederick William Rudler (1877)
"An ornamental casting in German silver, showing the character of the metal as it comes from the mould, is in Case 43. smalts AND ..."

4. Painters' Colours, Oils, and Varnishes: A Practical Manual by George Henry Hurst (1892)
"Cobalt is the base of cobalt blue and smalts, while copper forms the basis of several unimportant pigments. ..."

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