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CIDE DICTIONARY
shell parakeet | shell plating | shell shock | shell stitch | shell-flower | shell-lac | shell-less | shellac | shellac varnish | shellac wax | shellack

shell-lac

CIDE DICTIONARY

shell-lacn. [Shell + lac a resinous substance; cf. D. shellak, G. schellack.].
  •  Lac which has been reduced to a thin crust. See the Note under 2d Lac.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A solution of shellac{1} in alcohol or other volatile solvent, used as a varnish.  [PJC]
  •  A phonograph record, made of a material containing shellac; -- no longer manufactured.  [PJC]

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