amassette

noun

amas·​sette

¦amə¦set

plural -s

: a scraping instrument used in ancient and medieval painting for gathering on a slab colors intended to be ground

Word History

Etymology

French, from amasser + -ette

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

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