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Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - shellac

 

Shellac

shellac
n. & v. --n. lac resin melted into thin flakes and used for making varnish (cf. LAC(1)). --v.tr. (shellacked, shellacking) 1 varnish with shellac. 2 US sl. defeat or thrash soundly. Etymology: SHELL + LAC, transl. F laque en {eacute}cailles lac in thin plates
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  I. noun Etymology: 1shell + lac Date: 1704 purified lac usually prepared in thin orange or yellow flakes by heating and filtering and often bleached white, a preparation of lac dissolved usually in alcohol and used chiefly as a wood filler and finish, 3. a composition containing ~ formerly used for making phonograph records, an old 78 rpm phonograph record, II. transitive verb (~ked; ~king) Date: 1876 to coat or otherwise treat with ~ or a ~ varnish, to defeat decisively ...
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