Look up: shellac

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   Shellac
   Shellac is a resin used to make varnish. It is derived from the lac insect.
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   shellac
   [n] - lac purified by heating and filtering 2. [n] - a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol 3. [v] - cover with shellac, as of wooden objects
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   Shellac
   A coating made from purified lac dissolved in alcohol, often bleached white.
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   shellac
   alcohol-soluble resin,obtained from the secretion of the female of an insect,Coccus lacca,found in India Category: Chemistry
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
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   Shellac
   A transparent coating made by dissolving lac, a resinous secretion of the lac bug (a scale insect that thrives in tropical countries, especially India), in alcohol.
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   Shellac
   1 Varnish made from the secretions of a scale insect on trees in India and the Middle East. It was used by European craftsmen to imitate Oriental lacquer. Shellac, dissolved in alcohol, is also used in french polishing on furniture. 2 Early form of plastic, invented 1868 and used to make gramophone records and moulded ornaments.
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   shellac
   A resinous excretion of an insect, Laccifer (Tachardia) lacca (family Coccidae). The insects suck the juice of various resiniferous Asiatic (chiefly Indian) trees and excrete and deposit 'stick-lac.' shellac softens at a low temperature. It has many nonmedicinal uses and is also used to coat confections and tablets and in dental materials, e.g., im ...
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   shellac
   noun lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white
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   shellac
   noun a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood
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    Shellac
    `Shellac` is a brittle or flaky secretion of the lac insect `Kerria lacca`, found in the forests of Assam and Thailand. Freed from wood it is called `seedlac`. Once it was commonly believed that shellac was a resin obtained from the wings of an insect (order Hemiptera) found in India. In actuality, shellac is obtained from the secretion of the female insect, harvested from the bark of the trees where she deposits it to provide a sticky hold on t...
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    Shellac
    • (n.) See the Note under 2d Lac.
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    shellac
    commercial resin marketed in the form of amber flakes, made from the secretions of the lac insect, a tiny scale insect, Laccifer lacca (see lac). ... [3 related articles]
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    Shellac
    A resinous varnish obtained from the lac insect and used in japanning.
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    Shellac
    A coating made from purified lac dissolved in alcohol, often bleached white.
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    shellac
    shellac, solution of lac in alcohol or acetone. In commerce the name is applied to the resinous substance (lac) itself rather than to the solution. It ranges in color from orange to light yellow depending upon the extent to which it has been purified; the darker shellacs are the less pure. When blea...
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