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Merriam Webster's

noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Italian, literally, little chip Date: 1747 an imitation marble used for floors, columns, and ornamental interior work

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. imitation stone or plaster mixed with glue. Etymology: It. scagliuola dimin. of scaglia SCALE(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scagliola Scagl*io"la, n. [It. scagliuola, dim. of scaglia. See Scaglia.] An imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble, spar, granite, etc., and subsequently colored and polished.