smalt noun & adjective. [smɔ:lt, smɒlt] M16.
[French, from Italian smalto (cf. SMALTO) from Germanic, rel. to SMELT verb¹. Cf. SMALTS.]
A. noun.
1. A kind of glass, usually coloured deep blue with cobalt oxide, finely pulverized after cooling for use as a pigment, esp. in glazes. M16.

2. A piece of coloured glass. M19.

3. A deep blue colour like that of smalt. L19.

Comb.:
smalt-blue adjective powder blue.
b. adjective. Of the colour of smalt; deep blue. L19.

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