Lac

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lac \Lac\ (l[a^]k), Lakh \Lakh\ (l[aum]k), n. [Hind. lak,
     l[=a]kh, l[=a]ksh, Skr. laksha a mark, sign, lakh.]
     One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number; as, a lac
     of rupees. [Written also {lack}.] [East Indies]
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lac \Lac\, n. [Per. lak; akin to Skr. l[=a]ksh[=a]: cf. F.
     lague, It. & NL. lacca. Cf. {Lake} a color, {Lacquer},
     {Litmus}.]
     A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but
     to some extent on other trees, by the {Laccifer lacca}
     (formerly {Coccus lacca}), a scale-shaped insect, the female
     of which fixes herself on the bark, and exudes from the
     margin of her body this resinous substance.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: {Stick-lac} is the substance in its natural state,
           incrusting small twigs. When broken off, and the
           coloring matter partly removed, the granular residuum
           is called {seed-lac}. When melted, and reduced to a
           thin crust, it is called {shell-lac} or {shellac}. Lac
           is an important ingredient in sealing wax, dyes,
           varnishes, and lacquers.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     {Ceylon lac}, a resinous exudation of the tree {Croton
        lacciferum}, resembling lac.
  
     {Lac dye}, a scarlet dye obtained from stick-lac.
  
     {Lac lake}, the coloring matter of lac dye when precipitated
        from its solutions by alum.
  
     {Mexican lac}, an exudation of the tree {Croton Draco}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lac
       n : resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in
           e.g. varnishes and sealing wax

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  LAC
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