lac

1. n. Alt. of Lakh Source: opted

2. n. A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but to some extent on other trees, by the 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. Source: opted

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

4. One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number; as, a lac of rupees. [Written also lack.] [East Indies] A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but to some extent on other trees, by the 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. 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. 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. Source: webster

5. A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but tosome extent on other trees, by the Coccus lacca, a scale-shapedinsect, the female of which fixes herself on the bark, and exudesfrom the margin of her body this resinous substance. Source: adambom

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

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