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pastiglia
[ pah-steel-yuh; Italian pahs-tee-lyah ]
noun
- a plaster used during the Italian Renaissance for bas-relief ornament of furniture, being applied in layers, molded, carved, and gilded.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pastiglia1
1925–30; < Italian < Spanish pastilla. See pastille
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