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shel⋅lac

  [shuh-lak] noun, verb, -lacked, -lack⋅ing.
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–noun
1. lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
2. a varnish (shellac varnish) made by dissolving this material in alcohol or a similar solvent.
3. a phonograph record made of a breakable material containing shellac, esp. one to be played at 78 r.p.m.: an LP that can hold nearly 10 times as much as the old shellac.
–verb (used with object)
4. to coat or treat with shellac.
5. Slang.
a. to defeat; trounce.
b. to thrash soundly.
Also, shel⋅lack.

Origin:
1705–15; shell + lac 1 , trans. of F laque en écailles lac in thin plates
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shel·lac also shel·lack   (shə-lāk')   
n.  

  1. A purified lac in the form of thin yellow or orange flakes, often bleached white and widely used in varnishes, paints, inks, sealants, and formerly in phonograph records.

  2. A thin varnish made by dissolving this substance in denatured alcohol, used to finish wood.

  3. An old phonograph record containing this substance, typically played at 78 rpm.

tr.v.  

  1. shel·lacked also shel·lacked, shel·lack·ing also shel·lack·ing, shel·lacs also shel·lacks To coat or finish with shellac.

  2. Slang

    1. To strike repeatedly and severely; batter.

    2. To defeat decisively.


[shel(l) + lac (translation of French laque en écailles, lac in thin plates).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
shellac [ʃəˈlæk]

  1. tv.
    to beat someone; to outscore someone. (See also shellacked; shellacking.) : We're gonna shellac those bums Friday night.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

shellac 
1713, from shell + lac (see lacquer). Translates Fr. laque en écailles "lac in thin plates." The verb is 1876, from the noun. The slang sense of "beat soundly" is 1920s, perhaps from the notion of shellac as a "finish." Shellacked "drunk" is from 1922 (cf. plastered).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Encyclopedia

shellac

commercial resin marketed in the form of amber flakes, made from the secretions of the lac insect, a tiny scale insect, Laccifer lacca (see lac). Shellac is a natural thermoplastic; that is, a material that is soft and flows under pressure when heated but becomes rigid at room temperature. This property makes it useful either by itself or in combination with such fillers as flaked mica and asbestos in manufactured molding compositions, used for producing molded articles such as buttons

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