Scabious

(sk abe-us.) (Bot.) See SCABIOSA. (skād.) (Zool.) See SCOMBERIDE. (skal-yo'lah.) [It.] (Arch.) A composition which is an excellent imitation of marble. It is composed of gypsum, or sulphate of lime, calcined and reduced to a fine powder and made into a paste with water,when the color to be coated has been prepared with a surface of lime and hair; the calcined gypsum, previously pa ed through a sieve, is mixed with glue and isingla , and laid on with wooden moulds, the proper colors being put in during the operation. When set, it is smoothed with a pumice-stone,and at the same time washed with a sponge and water; it is then polished with tripoli, ., and finished with pure oil. [s. 800]