Thesaurus: shellac
See the Note under 2d Lac.
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Definitions
- n. See the Note under 2d Lac.
- n. lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white
- n. a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood
- v. cover with shellac
- v:24/n:76 n. lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white n. a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood v. cover with shellac