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lac⋅quer

  [lak-er]
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–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

Related forms:
lac⋅quer⋅er, noun
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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.
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Lacquer

Lac"quer\, n. [F. lacre a sort of sealing wax, Pg. lacte, fr. laca lac. See Lac the resin.] [Written also lacker.] A varnish, consisting of a solution of shell-lac in alcohol, often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; -- used for varnishing metals, papier-mach['e], 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.

Lacquer

Lac"quer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lacquered; p. pr. & vb. n. Lacquering.] To cover with lacquer. "Lacquer'd chair." --Pope.
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Language Translation for : lacquer
Spanish: laca,
German: der Lack,
Japanese: ラッカー
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lacquer 
1673, from Fr. lacre "a kind of sealing wax," from Port. lacre, unexplained variant of lacca "resinous substance," from Arabic lakk, from Pers. lak (see lac). The verb meaning "to cover or coat with laqueur" is from 1688.
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