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lacquer - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various clear or colored synthetic coatings made by dissolving nitrocellulose or other cellulose derivatives together with plasticizers and pigments in a mixture of volatile solvents and used to impart a high gloss to surfaces.
- noun A glossy, resinous material, such as the processed sap of the lacquer tree, used as a surface coating.
- noun A finish that is baked onto the inside of food and beverage cans.
- transitive verb To coat with lacquer.
- transitive verb To give a sleek, glossy finish to.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun crude lacquer, the sap of the Rhus vernicifera of Japan.
- noun lacquer colored with lampblack, used for drawing fine lines in the shading of feathers, hair, etc., on gold lacquer.
- noun a variety of Japanese lacquer with small gold fiakes in irregular clusters. See
nashiji lacquer . - noun a pure lacquer freed from water, exposed to the light, and stirred till it becomes black: used as a basis, or undercoating, on which the finishing lacquer is afterward placed.
- noun a variety of Japanese lacquer sprinkled with gold, in imitation of the skin of a pear. Also called
a venturin lacquer . - noun a pure lacquer to which has been added water which had been used with a whetstone and contains fine particles of the stone in suspension: used on cheap ware.
- noun a variety of Japanese lacquer of a pure black or greenish-black color.
- noun a dark-green varnish made by adding to branchlacquer a small proportion of tooth-dye, which is prepared by boiling rice-vinegar in which iron filings have been placed, and by afterward exposing it to the rays of the sun for several days.
- noun a variety of Japanese lacquer produced by mixing oil with the sap of the lacqner-tree (Rhus vernicifera). It is of a yellowish color and needs no polishing. When applied to furniture, being transparent, it shows the natural grain of the wood beneath.
- noun a Japanese lacquer of a pure red color: same as
coral or vermilion lacquer (which see, undercoral ). - noun a red lacquer which requires no final polishing. See
shunuri lacquer . - noun a red cinnabar lacquer with carved decoration, made in China.
- noun a variety of Japanese lacquer with marbled or veined effects in various colors.
- noun varnish obtained from the branches of the lacquer-tree; branch-lacquer. See
seshime lacquer , under lacquer. - noun Lac as used in dyeing.
- noun An opaque varnish containing lac, properly so called.
- noun Decorative work colored and then varnished so as to produce a hard, polished appearance like that of enamel.
- noun A resinous varnish obtained from the Rhus vernicifera by making incisions in the bark.
- noun Lacquer-ware; articles of wood which have been ornamented by coating with lacquer.
- To varnish; treat or decorate with lacquer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A varnish, consisting of a solution of shellac in alcohol, often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; -- used for varnishing metals, papier-maché, 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.
- transitive verb To cover with lacquer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
glossy ,resinous material used as asurface coating ; either a naturalexudation of certain trees, or asolution ofnitrocellulose inalcohol , etc. - noun A similar
finish ,baked onto theinside ofcans . - verb To
apply a lacquer to something or to give something a smooth, glossy finish.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a hard glossy coating
- verb coat with lacquer
- noun a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Obsolete French lacre, sealing wax, from Portuguese, from lacca, resin of the lac insect, from Arabic lakk; see lac.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From French lacre ("a sort of sealing wax"), from Portuguese laca, lacca ("gum lac"); see lac.
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Examples
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There was a satinwood writing table under the window and a work-table in Japanese lacquer, very small and dainty.
Politics 101 2010
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You'll want to roll him in lacquer and post him on your mantel.
REAGAN THE CLASS-BAITER Maggie Jochild 2007
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What distinguishes Uruapan lacquer from the rest of the lot is a technique called embutido, a fine carving of lacquer, hand-rubbed, incised, inlaid, and rubbed with an additional color in successive steps, taking at least a month to complete.
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What distinguishes Uruapan lacquer from the rest of the lot is a technique called embutido, a fine carving of lacquer, hand-rubbed, incised, inlaid, and rubbed with an additional color in successive steps, taking at least a month to complete.
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The new Classic features the AccuTrigger, a hinged floor plate with a straight-line feed, a high-luster blued-barreled action (no sights, drilled and tapped for scopes), a satin lacquer American walnut stock and a Monte Carlo comb and cheekpiece.
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Both the Mazarin Chest and the Van Diemen Box mark the beginning of the trade in Japanese lacquer of the "Fine Period" that had a great influence on the decorative arts in Europe for more than 200 years.
Art Knowledge News 2009
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… a huge maroon armoire, in Chinese lacquer; its double doors are slightly ajar … The jaunty background
Sadly, No! 2008
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The art of japanning was revived in England late in the eighteenth century, and some remarkable pieces appear to have been the work of amateurs who painted and gilded so-called lacquer work, tea caddies, and jewelled caskets.
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It is the gum of that tree commonly called the lacquer-tree, which when taken fresh and applied to the object it is intended to lacquer turns jet-black on exposure to the sun, drying with great hardness.
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In that case, give the shoes a thin coating of jewelers 'grade protective lacquer, which is invisible when dry-In either the polished or unpolished state the shoes can be given a "statuary bronze" coloration chemically.
Modern Mechanix 2009
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synonyms (72)
Words with the same meaning
- apply paint
- bedaub
- bedizen
- begild
- besmear
- brush on paint
- butter
- calcimine
- coat
- coating
- color
- complexion
- cover
- dab
- daub
- deep-dye
- dip
- distemper
- double-dye
- dye
- emblazon
- enamel
- engild
- face
- facing
- fast-dye
- film
- fresco
- fur
- gild
- glaze
- gloss
- grain
- hue
- illuminate
- imbue
- ingrain
- japan
- lay on
- lay on color
- paint
- parget
- pellicle
- pigment
- prime
- revetment
- scale
- scum
- shade
- shadow
- shellac
- skin
- slap on
- slather
- slop on paint
- smear
- smear on
- spread on
- spread with
- stain
- stipple
- tar
- tinct
- tincture
- tinge
- tint
- tone
- undercoat
- varnish
- veneer
- wash
- whitewash
hypernyms (1)
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Words that are found in similar contexts
forms (6)
Forms
cross-references (26)
Cross-references
- aventurin lacquer
- burmese lacquer
- cashmere lacquer
- cinnabar lacquer
- coral lacquer
- foochow lacquer
- gold lacquer
- guri lacquer
- hira gold lacquer
- hyderabad lacquer
- incrusted lacquer
- iron lacquer
- japan lacquer
- kamakura lacquer
- ke-uchi lacquer
- ki-seshime lacquer
- lacquered leather
- peking lacquer
- scratched lacquer
- seahime lacquer
- transparent lacquer
- tsui-koku lacquer
- tsui-shu lacquer
- vermilion lacquer
- wakasa lacquer
- yoshina lacquer
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