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‖ scaglia Geol.|ˈskɑːljə|
[It. = scale, chip of marble: see scale n.2]
A local name in the Italian Alps for limestone of various colours.
1774Strange in Phil. Trans. (1775) LXV. 34 This they call Scaglia, or Scagliola, from its being composed of thin slaty strata, which are of a yellowish colour. Ibid. 35 Sometimes an irregular mass of marble is found among the Scaglia. 1829Murchison in Phil. Mag. June 406 The upper beds of the scaglia are red and fissile. |