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shellac
shellac solution of lac in alcohol or acetone. In commerce the name is applied to the resinous substance (lac) itself rather than to the solution. It ranges in color from orange to light yellow depending upon the extent to which it has been purified; the darker shellacs are the less pure. When bl... Read more
lac
lac resinous exudation from the bodies of females of a species of scale insect ( Tachardia lacca ), from which shellac is prepared. India is the chief source of shellac, although some is obtained from other areas in Southeast Asia. The insects feed on the sap of the twigs of certain tropical tree... Read more
varnish
varnish homogeneous solution of gum or of natural or synthetic resins in oil (oil varnish) or in a volatile solvent (spirit varnish), which dries on exposure to air, forming a thin, hard, usually glossy film. It is used for the protection or decoration of surfaces and may be transparent, translucen... Read more
resin
resin any of a class of amorphous solids or semisolids. Resins are found in nature and are chiefly of vegetable origin. They are typically light yellow to dark brown in color; tasteless; odorless or faintly aromatic; translucent or transparent; brittle, fracturing like glass; and flammable, burning... Read more
borax
borax or sodium tetraborate decahydrate , chemical compound, Na 2 B 4 O 7 ·10H 2 O; sp. gr. 1.73; slightly soluble in cold water; very soluble in hot water; insoluble in acids. Borax is a colorless, monoclinic crystalline salt; it also occurs as a white powder. It readily effloresces, esp... Read more
scale insect
scale insect common name for members of a highly modified group of insects belonging to several families of the superfamily Coccoidea. Scales possess antennae and are characterized by reduced legs. Only the males have wings; females are always wingless. Scales are popularly subdivided into three gr... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "shellac"

shellac
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition shellac solution of lac in alcohol or acetone...pure. When bleached it is known as white shellac. Applied to surfaces such as wood and...coating upon evaporation of the solvent. Shellac is widely used as a spirit varnish , as...
lac
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...scale insect ( Tachardia lacca ), from which shellac is prepared. India is the chief source of shellac, although some is obtained from other areas...into flakes when cool. Orange-colored shellac is made from these flakes by dissolving them...
varnish
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...varnishes are commonly made of soft resins or gums, such as shellac , dammer, mastic, or sandarac, dissolved in a volatile solvent...bookbinder's, patent-leather, insulating, photographic, shellac, and copal picture varnish. Varnish has been known from antiquity...
Leo Hendrik Baekeland
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...subjects. One of these was an attempt to produce a synthetic shellac by mixing formal-dehyde and phenolic bodies. Other experimenters...they were brought together. Baekeland failed to synthesize shellac but instead discovered Bakelite, the first successful plastic...
Plastics
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...camphor, the only plastics were such natural materials as shellac, hard rubber, and gutta percha, used for daguerreotype cases...ingenuity and second‐rate cheapness. After finding a shellac substitute for electrical insulation in 1907, Leo Baekeland...
SIC 3089 Plastics Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...billiard balls and ocean cable insulation. Manufacturers borrowed forming and processing techniques from Malayan natives. Shellac plastics, developed by Samuel Speck, also emerged during the mid-1800s, and were used to create goods such as checkers...
SIC 5198 Paint, Varnishes, and Supplies: Wholesale Distribution
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...inventory handled by businesses in this category include calcimines, colors and pigments, enamels, lacquers, paint brushes, shellac, rollers, and sprayers. NAICS Code(s) 422950 (Paint, Varnish and Supplies Wholesalers) 444120 (Paint and Wallpaper...
Thomas Alva Edison
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...patents on it. The Victor Company developed from his patents. (Alexander Graham Bell impressed sound tracks on cylindrical shellac records; Berliner invented disk records. Edison's later dictating machine, the Ediphone, used disks.) Incandescent...
scale insect
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...suitable spot, they settle down to feed. Some scales secrete a resinous covering, which is used in the commercial production of shellac, varnish, and paints (see lac ). Control of scale insects has been largely by use of natural enemies, especially ladybird...
Hani
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...Peanuts, sugarcane, cotton, chili peppers, ginger, and indigo are important cash crops. The area is known for tea and shellac. Most families also raise pigs and grow vegetables and tobacco. The mountain forests provide rich lumber resources —...

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shellac
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...lack·ing / -ˈlaki ng / ) [ tr. ] 1. [often as adj. ] ( shellacked ) varnish (something) with shellac. 2. (usu. be shellacked ) inf. defeat or beat (someone) decisively: they were shellacked in the 1982 election.
Plastics
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...used natural plastic materials such as amber, sealing wax, shellac, or animal horns. These materials could be softened and molded...included buttons, cups, hornbooks, and lantern windows. Shellac (a gutta-percha molded plastic) was often used for lamination...
Kirchhof, Konstantin Sigizmundovich (Gottlieb Sigismund Constantin)
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...discoverer. Klaproth had discovered this reaction much earlier. In 1797 Kirchhof reported two important results: the bleaching of shellac, which had an appreciable significance for the production of sealing wax, and a wet process that made it possible to begin...
Marum, Martin (Martinus) van
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...on. Van Marum subsequently studied electricity. In cooperation with Gerhard Kuyper he developed an electrical machine with shellac disks drawn through mercury. A description was published in 1776, and translations into German and French followed. From...
lacquer
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English lac·quer / ˈlakər / • n. 1. a liquid made of shellac dissolved in alcohol, or of synthetic substances, that dries to form a hard protective coating for wood, metal, etc. 2. the...
gramophone (phonograph) recordings
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...Ger.-born citizen of the USA, had by 1888 obtained patents for important improvements—a circular plate of a shellac mixture instead of a waxed cylinder, and a horizontal motion of the needle instead of a perpendicular one (i.e. a motion...
lac
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology lac dark-red resin, red dye. XVI ( lack(e) , lacca ).—(through Du. lak , F. laque , or Sp., Pg. laca , It. lacca ) Hind. lākh :- Prakrit lakkhā- :- Skr. lāk⋅āc . Cf. LAKE2 . SHELLAC .
sealing wax
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English seal·ing wax • n. a mixture of shellac and rosin with turpentine and pigment, softened by heating and used to make seals.
Schwartz, Martha
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...1976–82) with Sasaki and then (1984–90) with Walker . Among her designs the Bagel Garden (with shellac-painted bagels, pebbles, and box-hedges), Back Bay, Boston, MA (1979), the King County Gaol Plaza, Seattle...

Thesaurus entries related to "shellac"

polish
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...gloss, burnish; varnish, oil, glaze, lacquer, japan, shellac.   2. polish up your essay synonyms : perfect, refine...polish synonyms : wax, glaze, varnish; lacquer, japan, shellac.   2. a good surface polish synonyms : shine, gloss...
worst
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...outstrip, surpass; informal thrash, smash, lick, best, clobber, drub, slaughter, murder, wipe out, crucify, demolish, wipe the floor with, take to the cleaners, walk all over, make mincemeat of, shellac, cream, whup.
vanquish
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...quell, quash, crush, bring someone to their knees, tear someone apart; informal lick, hammer, clobber, thrash, smash, demolish, wipe the floor with, make mincemeat of, massacre, slaughter, annihilate, cream, skunk, shellac.
beat
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...trounce, rout, overpower, overcome, subdue; informal lick, thrash, whip, wipe the floor with, clobber, cream, shellac, skunk.   9. he beat the record synonyms : surpass, exceed, better, improve on, go one better than, eclipse...
varnish
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English varnish • noun  apply a varnish to the surface synonyms : coating, lacquer, shellac, enamel, glaze, veneer.
overcome
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...lick, best, crucify, demolish, wipe the floor with, make mincemeat of, blow out of the water, take to the cleaners, shellac, skunk.   2. they overcame their fear of flying synonyms : get the better of, prevail over, control, get/bring...
finish
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...begin.   5. some items were finished in a black lacquer synonyms : varnish, lacquer, veneer, coat, stain, wax, shellac, enamel, glaze. • noun   1. the finish of filming synonyms : end, ending, completion, conclusion...
glaze
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus glaze • verb   1. the pots are glazed when dry synonyms : varnish, enamel, lacquer, japan, shellac, paint; gloss.   2. pastry glazed with caramel synonyms : cover, coat; ice, frost.   3. his eyes glazed...
trounce
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...x2013;34 synonyms : defeat convincingly, rout, crush, overwhelm; informal hammer, clobber, thrash, whip, drub, shellac, cream, skunk, pulverize, massacre, crucify, demolish, destroy, blow away, annihilate, make mincemeat of, wipe the...
lacquer
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus lacquer • noun  a shiny black lacquer synonyms : varnish, shellac, gloss, glaze, enamel, finish, polish.

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For furniture restorers, shellac is back.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 9/18/2003; ; 700+ words ; Byline: Stacy Downs Shellac could be making a comeback. It was...and Jeff Jewitt of Ohio, are singing shellac's praises these days, favoring it...restorers of fine furniture the world over, shellac remains the finish of choice," writes...
The application of shellac as an acidic polymer for enteric coating
Magazine article from: Pharmaceutical Technology; 3/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...pseudolatex dispersions. The application of shellac from aqueous solution showed better enteric...solution. The coating properties of aqueous shellac films were compared with a commonly used...polymer, indicating that, in this form, shellac is superior in film formation for enteric...
SHELLAC FINISHES ARE SELDOM LACKING.(AT HOME)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 11/10/1996; 586 words ; Byline: GENE AUSTIN Knight-Ridder Shellac, a time-honored furniture and floor...cabinets, bookcases, trim and doors. Shellac is made from a natural resin called lac...lac is dissolved in alcohol to produce shellac, which became widely used in the United...
Shellac and HDU bringing big night
Newspaper article from: The Nelson Mail; 2/18/2000; ; 668 words ; ...s when US ``minimalist rock trio'' Shellac is scheduled to take to the stage at the...Artery manager Dave White is comparing Shellac's visit to Fugazi's landmark Nelson...although he's the first to acknowledge that Shellac's profile is probably much lower than...
Shellac comes back
Newspaper article from: The Independent Weekly; 8/30/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...He has a band, too. They're called Shellac, and they're pretty great. On the...Albini's pretty plainspoken about what Shellac will do to plan for its rare upcoming...That's feasible enough for a band like Shellac, a typically atypical trio. After all...
CD REVIEW: Dear indie kid: Your relationship with Shellac is OK
News Wire article from: University Wire; 6/20/2007; ; 537 words ; ...Minnesota Daily) (U-WIRE) MINNEAPOLIS -- Shellac probably couldn't care less about you...that they have no desire or need to make Shellac a full-time gig. They hardly give interviews...their brand of rowdy independence. ("Shellac will have a new album anytime between...
A good Shellac'n
Newspaper article from: Honolulu Star - Bulletin; 10/24/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...colorful bars Downtown, and you've got Shellac at Club Pauahi. Since the early 1990s...help keep them in the public eye. But Shellac is also known for one of its more visible...he's not the guitarist/vocalist for Shellac, Albini has engineered and sort-of...
Shellac attack
Newspaper article from: The Press; 2/18/2000; 437 words ; Shellac are not your everyday rock group. For...brutality of the music speak for itself. Shellac formed in Chicago in 1991 after the demise...At Action Park, was released in 1994, Shellac had established themselves as one of the...
Shellac and Scrawl at Lounge Ax
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 1/2/1998; ; 434 words ; Shellac and Scrawl at Lounge Ax The first sound...unrelenting fury. A double bill of Scrawl and Shellac played a space about the size of my apartment...than three members in a band. Then came Shellac, and all hell broke loose. Led by frontman...
Shellac
Newspaper article from: Pittsburgh City Paper; 8/30/2006; ; 611 words ; ...grooves may be trademark elements of Shellac's sound, but the legendary underground...Watch Song," the closing track of Shellac's 2000 album, 1000 Hurts. For the past couple of months, the name Shellac has fluttered on the lips of many Pittsburgh...