Smalt, n.

n. [Ger. smalte, schmälte, Sw. smalts, It. smalto, Sp. esmalte, Fr. émail, L. Lat. smaltum, from O. H. Ger. smelzen, smalzjan, for smelzan, N. H. Ger. schmelzen, to melt. See SMELT.] Common glass tinged of a fine deep blue, by the protoxide of cobalt ground fine, and used as a pigment in various arts.