Scagliola

[skæl'jәulә]

Definition

(n.) 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.

Editor: Rufus

Definition

n. a composition made to imitate the more costly kinds of marble and other ornamental stones.—Also Scal′iola.

Typist: Sean