Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shellac"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shell-lac \Shell"-lac`\, Shellac \Shel"lac`\, n. [Shell + lac a
resinous substance; cf. D. shellak, G. schellack.]
See the Note under 2d {Lac}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
shellac
n 1: lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin
orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white
2: a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to
finish wood [syn: {shellac varnish}]
v : cover with shellac, as of wooden objects; "She wanted to
shellac the desk to protect it from water spots"
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