Lacquer
['lækə] or ['lækɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a hard glossy coating.
(noun.) a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish.
(verb.) coat with lacquer; 'A lacquered box from China'.
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Definition
(n.) A varnish, consisting of a solution of shell-lac in alcohol, often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; -- used for varnishing metals, papier-mache, and wood. The name is also given to varnishes made of other ingredients, esp. the tough, solid varnish of the Japanese, with which ornamental objects are made.
(v. t.) To cover with lacquer.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Varnish (of shell-lac).
v. a. Varnish (with lacquer), japan.
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Definition
n. a varnish made of lac and alcohol.—v.t. to cover with lacquer: to varnish.—ns. Lac′querer one who varnishes or covers with lacquer; Lac′quering the act of varnishing with lacquer: a coat of lacquer varnish.
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Examples
- The earth was spread with darkness, like lacquer, overhead was a pale sky, all primrose, and the lake was pale as milk in one part. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She was not fascinated, only puzzled, by his grinning, his simpering, his scented cambric handkerchief, and his high-heeled lacquered boots. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Let's have a game at billiards, one of his friends said--the tall one, with lacquered mustachios. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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