sgraffito Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a ceramic or mural decoration made by scratching off a surface layer to reveal the ground

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Sgraf*fi"to adjective
Etymology
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Definitions
  1. (Paint.) Scratched; -- said of decorative painting of a certain style, in which a white overland surface is cut or scratched through, so as to form the design from a dark ground underneath.

Webster 1913