Lac

[læk]

Definition

(noun.) resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax.

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Definition

(n.) Alt. of Lakh

(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.

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Definition

n. a dark-red transparent resin produced on the twigs of trees in the East by the lac insect used in dyeing.—adj. Laccic (lak′sik).—ns. Laccine (lak′sin) a brittle translucent yellow substance obtained from shell-lac; Lac′-dye Lac′-lake scarlet colouring matters obtained from Stick′-lac the twigs with attached resin enclosed insects and ova; Seed′-lac the granular portion remaining after removing the resin triturating with water and drying; Shell′-lac Shel′lac thin plates of resin prepared by melting the seed-lac in cotton-cloth bags straining and allowing it to drop on to sticks or leaves.

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