lac : Idioms & Phrases

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Ceylon lac

  • a resinous exudation of the tree Croton lacciferum, resembling lac.
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garnet lac

  • noun lac refined by treating with solvent; garnet-colored
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Gum lac

  • . See Lac.
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gum-lac

  • noun an inferior lac produced by lac insects in Madagascar
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Lac dye

  • noun scarlet dye like cochineal; extracted with alkali from stick lac
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  • a scarlet dye obtained from stick-lac.
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Lac lake

  • the coloring matter of lac dye when precipitated from its solutions by alum.
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lac wax

  • noun a hard wax separated from shellac by its insolubility in alcohol
    shellac wax.
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Mexican lac

  • an exudation of the tree Croton Draco.
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seed lac

  • noun granular material obtained from stick lac by crushing and washing
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seed-lac

Seed"-lac` noun
Definitions
  1. A species of lac. See the Note under Lac.
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shell-lac

Shell"-lac`, Shel"lac` noun (Also<
  • Shell-lac
  • Shellac
)
Etymology
Shell + lac a resinous substance; cf. D. shellak, G. schellack.
Definitions
  1. See the Note under 2d Lac.
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sonora lac

  • noun resembling lac; secreted by a scale living on twigs of certain Mexican shrubs; used locally as medicine
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stick lac

  • noun lac in its natural state as scraped off twigs and dried
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stick-lac

Stick"-lac` noun
Definitions
  1. See the Note under Lac.
Webster 1913