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seed-lac (ˈsiːdlæk) [f. seed n. + lac1.] See lac1 1. Also attrib.1703 Art's Improv. i. 37 And lastly, bestow Eight or Ten Washes of your best Seed-Lack-Varnish. c 1790 J. Imison Sch. Art II. 91 To make Seed-lac Varnish. Take spirits of wine, one quart;..add thereto eight ounces of seed-lac. 1882 Enc...
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shellac
▪ I. shellac, n. (ʃəˈlæk, ˈʃɛlæk) Also 8 shellack, shel-lack, shell-lake, shell lack, 8–9 shell-lac, shell lac. [transl. F. laque en écailles lac (see lac1) in thin plates. (Cf. G. schalenlack, beside schellack from English.)] 1. Lac melted and run into thin plates; formerly used esp. in the manufac...
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lac
▪ I. lac1 (læk) Forms: α. (6 lacha, lacta), 6–9 lacca, (7 lacka, 8 laca, lakka). β. 6–8 lack(e, (7 lache, 7–8 lacque, 8 lacc, 8–9 laque), 7– lac. [ad. Hindustani lākh:—Prakrit lakkha:—Skr. lākshā, also rākshā. Cf. F. laque, Pr., Sp. laca, It. lacca.] 1. (Also gum-lac.) The dark-red resinous incrusta...
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seed
▪ I. seed, n. (siːd) Forms: 1 sǽd, Anglian séd, 2–5 sed, (2–3 sad(e), 2–6 sede, 3, 6 side, 4 seod, Kent. zed, Sc. seiyde, 4–6 Sc. seid(e, 4–7 seede, 5 seyde, ceed, ced, 6 siede, sead(e, 4 -seed. [OE. sǽd neut. = OFris. sêd, OS. sâd neut. (MLG. sât), MDu. saet neut. (Du. zaad), OHG., MHG. sât fem. (m...
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