niello
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 6
/niˈɛləʊ/(UK)
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/niˈɛləʊ/(UK) · /niˈɛloʊ/(US)
Definition of niello
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)Any of various black metal alloys, made of sulphur with copper, silver or lead, used to create decorative designs on other metals.
“a young woman named Renata, with a gesturing of her dark curls, beckoned him in with a cigarette-case of Russian silver and niello, which sprang open to reveal a collection of “smokes” […]”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)Any of various black metal alloys, made of sulphur with copper, silver or lead, used to create decorative designs on other metals.
“a young woman named Renata, with a gesturing of her dark curls, beckoned him in with a cigarette-case of Russian silver and niello, which sprang open to reveal a collection of “smokes” […]”
- (countable, uncountable)An impression on paper taken from the engraved or incised surface before the niello alloy has been inlaid.
verb
- (transitive)To decorate (a surface) using this technique.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian niello, from Latin nigellus (“blackish”).
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