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Meanings of shellac in English

Russian
шеллак
Portuguese
goma-laca
Catalan
goma laca
Spanish
barniz de goma laca
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Spirit varnish produced from the resin secreted by lac insects on trees in the forests of India and Thailand.

        Related terms
        шеллак
        Catalan
        lacar

        Cover with shellac.

              lacar
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              Examples for "shellack"
              Examples for "shellack"
              1
              But it is also used to refer to coating or finishing a surface with shellack, a kind of varnish.
              The Guardian
              2
              Her red wig had extra starch today, every hair shellacked into place.
              Dolly departed
              3
              A tragedy occurs one day when a new maid shellacks the comfy chair.
              The new yorker
              4
              The top of a bar is never shellacked, but soaked in linseed oil.
              The new yorker
              5
              In what's been a notably healthy box-office year, Ghost should have shellacked the competition.
              Wired
              Usage of shellac in English
              1
              Unbleached shellac and a small quantity of lampblack is then stirred in.
              Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898
              2
              Upon the second coat of stain apply a thin coat of shellac.
              Mission Furniture: How to Make It, Part 3
              3
              The shellac on the wooden boards at either end has not flaked.
              Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world: a novel
              4
              Upon the shellac apply successively several coats of some good rubbing varnish.
              Mission Furniture: How to Make It, Part 3
              5
              Spar varnish is the best for this purpose but shellac will answer.
              Outdoor Sports and Games
              6
              For Heat, the shellac stains and dog-bite marks were a definite holdback.
              Raging Heat
              7
              Turpenes act on shellac slightly, but mineral oils apparently not at all.
              On Laboratory Arts
              8
              Surely not the same shellac that we use for our manicures?
              The Irish Times
              9
              Square of card affixed with shellac: after 24 h. no effect.
              The Power of Movement in Plants
              10
              But while with us he used shellac to protect the glue and wood.
              Hunting with the Bow & Arrow
              11
              When partially exhausted the aluminum shutters are dipped into a bath of shellac.
              The Recent Revolution in Organ Building / Being an Account of Mo...
              12
              Upon the shellac apply several coats of some good rubbing wax.
              Mission Furniture: How to Make It, Part 3
              13
              Until then, shellac was the only coating available for electric wires and connections.
              The world without us
              14
              On no account must the shellac be allowed to get overheated.
              On Laboratory Arts
              15
              He smelled fine sawdust and the clinging odor of sweet shellac.
              The Winds of Dune
              16
              Use with oil on shellac and with oil or water on copal varnish.
              Handwork in Wood
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              Translations for shellac
              Portuguese
              goma-laca
              Shellac through the time
              Shellac across language varieties
              United States of America
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Common