scagliola

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scagliola - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Scagliola \Scagl*io"la\, n. [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.
     [1913 Webster]