Shellac

4 definitions found

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

  Shellac \Shel"lac`\, Shell-lac \Shell"-lac`\, n. [Shell + lac a
     resinous substance; cf. D. shellak, G. schellack.]
     1. Lac which has been reduced to a thin crust. See the Note
        under 2d {Lac}.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. A solution of shellac[1] in alcohol or other volatile
        solvent, used as a varnish.
        [PJC]
  
     3. A phonograph record, made of a material containing
        shellac; -- no longer manufactured. [Obsolescent] --RHUD
        [PJC]

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}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shellac
       n 1: lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin
            orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white
       2: a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to
          finish wood [syn: {shellac varnish}]
       v : cover with shellac; "She wanted to shellac the desk to
           protect it from water spots"
       [also: {shellacking}, {shellacked}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  77 Moby Thesaurus words for "shellac":
     apply paint, beat, bedaub, bedizen, begild, besmear, blank,
     brush on paint, bulldoze, calcimine, clobber, coat, color,
     complexion, cover, cream, dab, daub, deep-dye, defeat utterly, dip,
     distemper, double-dye, drub, dye, emblazon, enamel, engild, face,
     fast-dye, fresco, gild, glaze, gloss, grain, hue, illuminate,
     imbue, ingrain, japan, lacquer, lambaste, lay on color, lick,
     overbear, overwhelm, paint, parget, paste, pigment, prime, schmear,
     shade, shadow, shut out, skunk, slop on paint, smear, smother,
     snow under, stain, steamroller, stipple, thrash, tinct, tincture,
     tinge, tint, tone, trim, undercoat, varnish, wash, whelm,
     whitewash, whomp, whop