incalmo

incalmo
 n.β€” Β«Koch’s vases incorporate a technique called β€œincalmo,” meaning to fuse two colored halves of glass together while hot.Β» β€”β€œCampus glass lab hosts open house and sale” by Tom Sinclair University of Wisconsin–Madison Apr. 27, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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