A resinous varnish used as a protective and decorative coating, esp. for wooden objects, in Japan and China; = Japan lacquer n. at Japan, n.…

Applied to various kinds of resinous varnish, capable of taking a hard polish, used in Japan, China, Burma (Myanmar), and India for coating…

varnish made from amber or from a tree resin such as copal.

a varnish prepared by dissolving a resin in alcohol; (as a mass noun) varnish of this kind.

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a black varnish typically made of turpentine and asphalt or lampblack; cf. Berlin black n. at Berlin, n. compounds.

The ‘black varnish tree’, Melanorrhœa usitatissima, N.O. Anacardiaceæ, of Burma (Myanmar); also applied to the varnish obtained from it.

(see lacquer, n. 2b compounds).

A Japanese lacquer containing gold or silver flakes. Also: the technique of decorating with this lacquer.