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Webster 1913 Edition


Scagliola

Scagl-io′la

,
Noun.
[It.
scagliuola
, dim. of
scaglia
. See
Scaglia
.]
An imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble, spar, granite, etc., and subsequently colored and polished.