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Shellac   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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"Shellac" Quotes from Famous Books



... glass, and with another vertical sheet on one side. A glass filament, not thicker than a horsehair, and from a quarter to three-quarters of an inch in length, was affixed to the part to be observed by means of shellac dissolved in alcohol. The solution was allowed to evaporate, until it became so thick that it set hard in two or three seconds, and it never injured the tissues, even the tips of tender radicles, to which it was applied. ...
— The Power of Movement in Plants • Charles Darwin
... number of thin discs of steel, held together in a lathe. There are various grades of coarseness, from No. 00 to No. 3. Its uses are manifold: as a substitute for sandpaper, especially on curved surfaces, to clean up paint, and to rub down shellac to an "egg-shell" finish. Like sandpaper it should not be used till all the work with cutting tools is done. It can be manipulated until ...
— Handwork in Wood • William Noyes


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