Lacquer
101burmese lacquer — noun Usage: usually capitalized B : a thick grayish liquid from the black varnish tree (Melanorrhoea usitata) used as a varnish …
102indian lacquer — noun Usage: usually capitalized I : a natural black varnish obtained in Ceylon and the subcontinent of India as an exudation from the marking nut or a related tree (Holigarna longifolia) …
103Lacquered — Lacquer Lac quer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lacquered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lacquering}.] To cover with lacquer. Lacquer d chair. Pope. [1913 Webster] …
104Lacquering — Lacquer Lac quer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lacquered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lacquering}.] To cover with lacquer. Lacquer d chair. Pope. [1913 Webster] …
105Coromandel work — lacquer work popular in England c1700 and marked by an incised design filled in with gold and color. Also called Bantam work, Coromandel lacquer. [after the COROMANDEL COAST, where objects decorated with such work were transshipped to Europe] * * …
106lacquertree — lacquer tree n. A poisonous, eastern Asian tree (Rhus verniciflua) having pinnately compound leaves and a toxic exudation from which a black lacquer is obtained. * * * …
107Coromandel work — lacquer work popular in England c1700 and marked by an incised design filled in with gold and color. Also called Bantam work, Coromandel lacquer. [after the COROMANDEL COAST, where objects decorated with such work were transshipped to Europe] * * …
108lacker — 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 shellac in alcohol, often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; used for… …
109lacquerwork — Any of a variety of decorative objects or surfaces, usually of wood, to which a coloured, highly polished, and opaque type of varnish called lacquer has been applied. True lacquerwork is Chinese or Japanese in origin. The technique was copied in… …
110arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… …
