Seed-lac

2 definitions found

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

  Seed-lac \Seed"-lac`\, n.
     A species of lac. See the Note under {Lac}.
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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.
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     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.
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     {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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