• (n.) A pigment obtained, usually by roasting cobalt glance with sand or quartz, as a dark earthy powder. It consists of crude cobalt oxide, or of an impure cobalt arseniate. It is used in porcelain painting, and in enameling pottery, to produce a blue color, and is often confounded with smalt, from which, however, it is distinct, as it conta...
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Zaf'fer noun [ French
zafre ,
safre ; confer Spanish
zafra ,
safra , Italian
saffera , German
zaffer ; all probably of Arabic origin. Confer
Zaphara .] A pigment obtained, usually by roasting cobalt glance with sand or quartz, as a dark earthy powder. ...
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an artificial mixture, resembling smalt, containing cobalt oxide and, usually, silica, used to produce a blue color in glass and in ceramic glazes.
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