Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Japan"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Japan \Ja*pan"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Japanned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Japanning}.]
1. To cover with a coat of hard, brilliant varnish, in the
manner of the Japanese; to lacquer.
2. To give a glossy black to, as shoes. [R.] --Gay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Japan \Ja*pan"\, n. [From Japan, the country.]
Work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner; also, the
varnish or lacquer used in japanning.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Japan \Ja*pan"\, a.
Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that
country; as, Japan ware.
{Japan allspice} (Bot.), a spiny shrub from Japan
({Chimonanthus fragrans}), related to the Carolina
allspice.
{Japan black} (Chem.), a quickly drying black lacquer or
varnish, consisting essentially of asphaltum dissolved in
naphtha or turpentine, and used for coating ironwork; --
called also {Brunswick black}, {Japan lacquer}, or simply
{Japan}.
{Japan camphor}, ordinary camphor brought from China or
Japan, as distinguished from the rare variety called
borneol or Borneo camphor.
{Japan clover}, or {Japan pea} (Bot.), a cloverlike plant
({Lespedeza striata}) from Eastern Asia, useful for
fodder, first noticed in the Southern United States about
1860, but now become very common. During the Civil War it
was called variously {Yankee clover} and {Rebel clover}.
{Japan earth}. See {Catechu}.
{Japan ink}, a kind of writing ink, of a deep, glossy black
when dry.
{Japan varnish}, a varnish prepared from the milky juice of
the {Rhus vernix}, a small Japanese tree related to the
poison sumac.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Japan
n 1: a string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia extending
1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western
Pacific Ocean [syn: {Japan}, {Japanese Islands}, {Japanese
Archipelago}]
2: a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese
Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile
manufacture and ship building [syn: {Japan}, {Nippon}, {Nihon}]
3: lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner
with a glossy durable black lacquer
4: lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from
the orient
v : lacquer with japan
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