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Shell-lac   Listen
noun
Shell-lac, Shellac  n.  
1.
Lac which has been reduced to a thin crust. See the Note under 2d Lac.
2.
A solution of shellac (1) in alcohol or other volatile solvent, used as a varnish.
3.
A phonograph record, made of a material containing shellac; no longer manufactured. (Obsolescent)






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"Shell-lac" Quotes from Famous Books



... around the eyes and nose, giving the latter a touch of the proper color (black for the majority of animals). A coat of thin shellac to simulate the natural moist appearance and connecting the dried eyelids with the glass eyes with hot colored wax will about complete the rug. Waxing around the eyes is done with a small round artist's brush and adds to the ...
— Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit • Albert B. Farnham

... upon wooden floors. It should be remembered that all these compounds are readily softened by means of oil, and they should be protected from oil by a coat of paint when not covered with wood; the preferable method being to first apply a priming containing very little oil, or a coat of shellac, and follow with some paint mixed ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 • Various

... a Rug from Curling.—The edge of the heavy rug will not curl if treated to a coat of shellac on ...
— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter

... lb.; aniline oil, 1 lb.; crude anthracene, 5 lbs.; petroleum pitch, 10 lbs.; albumen from eggs, 2 lbs.; tar from passing chlorine through aniline oil, 2 lbs.; citric acid, 5 lbs.; sawdust of boxwood, 3 lbs.; starch, 5 lbs.; shellac, 3 lbs.; gum Arabic, 5 ...
— Edison, His Life and Inventions • Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin



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