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scaliola

scaliola is the archaic form of scagliola.

Meaning of scagliola

Noun

scagliola (usually uncountable, plural scagliolas)

  1. (usually) Plasterwork imitating marble, granite, etc.
    • ‘I must work the garden—I must work the garden,’ I said to myself, five minutes later, as I waited, upstairs, in the long, dusty sala, where the bare scagliola floor gleamed vaguely in a chink of the closed shutters.1888 September 29, Henry James, “[The Aspern Papers.]”, in The Aspern Papers; Louisa Pallant; The Modern Warning, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 13

Questions about scaliola

What is scaliola the archaic form of?
Scaliola is the archaic form of scagliola.

Words near scaliola in the dictionary

  1. scaling ladders
  2. scaling off
  3. scaling out
  4. scaling up
  5. scalings
  6. scaliola
  7. Scalis
  8. Scalise
  9. Scalises
  10. scall
  11. Scallan

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