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Shell-lac
(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.
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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
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shell-lac
(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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Shell-lac
(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]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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