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Lacquering - 3 dictionary results

lac⋅quer

[lak-er]
–noun
1. a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
2. any of various resinous varnishes, esp. a resinous varnish obtained from a Japanese tree, Rhus verniciflua, used to produce a highly polished, lustrous surface on wood or the like.
3. Also called lacquer ware, lac⋅quer⋅ware. ware, esp. of wood, coated with such a varnish, and often inlaid: They collected fine Oriental lacquers.
4. Slang. any volatile solvent that produces euphoria when inhaled.
–verb (used with object)
5. to coat with lacquer.
6. to cover, as with facile or fluent words or explanations cleverly worded, etc.; obscure the faults of; gloss (often fol. by over): The speech tended to lacquer over the terrible conditions.
Also, lacker.


Origin:
1570–80; earlier leckar, laker < Pg lacre, lacar, unexplained var. of laca < Ar lakk < Pers lâk lac 1


lac⋅quer⋅er, noun
lac·quer   (lāk'ər)   
n.  
  1. 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.
  2. A glossy, resinous material, such as the exudation of the lacquer tree, used as a surface coating.
  3. A finish that is baked onto the inside of food and beverage cans.
tr.v.   lac·quered, lac·quer·ing, lac·quers
  1. To coat with lacquer.
  2. To give a sleek, glossy finish to.

[Obsolete French lacre, sealing wax, from Portuguese, from lacca, resin of the lac insect, from Arabic lakk; see lac.]
lac'quer·er n.

Lacquering

Lac"quer*ing\, n. The act or business of putting on lacquer; also, the coat of lacquer put on.
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