单词 | lacquer |
释义 | lacquern.ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Coccidae or genus Coccus > red resin left on trees lac?c1425 gum lac1562 lacquer1579 seedlac1649 laccin1820 1579 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigatons (1589) ii. 454 Enquire of the price of Leckar, and of all other things belonging to dying. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias 33 (margin) Laker is a kinde of gum that procedeth of the Ant. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures (1663) xvii. 58 Oxen..laden with..Ivory, Wax, Lacre, Benjamin, Camphire and Gold in Powder. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures lii. 207 They caused..a great deal of Lacre, which is like unto hard Wax, to be dropped scalding hot upon me. 1714 tr. French Bk. of Rates 45 Lacker for Paint or Dying. 2. a. A gold-coloured varnish, consisting chiefly of a solution of pale shellac in alcohol, tinged with saffron, anatta, or other colouring matters; used chiefly as a coating for brass. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > painting or coating materials > [noun] > varnish > types of > specific gold-coloured lacquer1673 1673 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd ii, in Wks. II. 243 His soul seemed to have set up a gilt vehicle of the new lacker. 1697 J. Evelyn Numismata vi. 215 A sort of fine Varnish or harder Laccar. ?1708 Brit. Apollo: Q. Paper 1 No. 2. 3/1 Lacquer [is perform'd] with Leaf Silver, ting'd to a Gold Colour, by a Varnish compos'd of Rectify'd Spirits and Gums. 1774 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 326 The best apartments..have usually a broad cornish of lacker, or false gold, round their coved ceilings. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 731 To make Lacquer of various Tints. 1855 R. Browning Old Pictures in Florence xxxii No civic guards, all plumes and lacquer. b. Applied to various kinds of resinous varnish, capable of taking a hard polish, used in Japan, China, Burma (Myanmar), and India for coating articles of wood or other materials; chiefly the ‘Japanese lacquer’, obtained from the Rhus vernicifera. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > painting or coating materials > [noun] > varnish > types of lac1598 lacquer1697 amber varnish1731 spirit varnish1738 fern-oil1753 Venetian varnish1755 Brunswick black1791 thitsi1832 Japan lacquer1835 nashiji1880 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > japanning and varnishing > [noun] > japan or lacquer maki-e1616 Japan1688 lacquer1697 urushi1727 japanningc1817 vernis martin1877 nashiji1880 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xiv. 400 Laquer, which is used in Japaning of Cabinets. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Nov. 2/1 Lacquer is the sap of the lacquer-tree, Rhus vernicifera, drawn off by making incisions in the bark during the rainy season. 1889 Nature 31 Oct. 655 Japanese lacquer is the product of a tree, the Rhus vernicifera. c. A kind of fixative for a hairstyle, usually applied as an aerosol spray. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > preparations used on the hair > [noun] > fixatives bandoline1846 fixature1860 setting lotion1926 lacquer1941 hair-lacquer1943 gel1958 mousse1982 1941 F. E. Wall Princ. & Pract. Beauty Culture xii. 454 Many of the coiffures..can be made more lasting through the use of lacquer as a fixative. 1946 Amer. Hairdresser Dec. i. 3 (advt.) Beautician and patron both recognize the superiority of Wella, the original lacquer. 1966 J. Stevens Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 88/1 Most of the modern lacquers will shampoo out satisfactorily with a soap or soapless shampoo. 1983 P. Spires Boots Bk. Hair Care iv. 21 During the Fifties and Sixties the bouffant, beehive styles led to the over-use and misuse of lacquers. 3. The class of decorative articles made of wood coated with lacquer (sense 2b), and often inlaid with ornaments of ivory, mother-of-pearl, or metal; chiefly made in Japan, China, and India. Also plural works of art of this kind. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > japanning and varnishing > [noun] > lacquered articles lacquer-work1669 lacquer-ware1697 lacquer1895 1895 Daily News 17 May 6/2 Rare specimens of the finest old lacquers by great masters. 1901 N.E.D. at Lacquer Mod. Really good Japanese lacquer is not easy to procure. CompoundsΚΠ 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Lacker-Hat, a Hat made without stiffening. lacquer-tree n. the tree ( Rhus vernicifera) that yields Japan lacquer; also, a similar tree in South America. ΚΠ 1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons I. vii. 293 Its borders were composed in great part of..Lacre-trees, whose berries exude globules of wax resembling gamboge.] 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Apr. 2/2 The cultivation of the lacquer tree has rapidly declined. lacquer-ware n. = sense 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > japanning and varnishing > [noun] > lacquered articles lacquer-work1669 lacquer-ware1697 lacquer1895 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xv. 409 They make very fine Lacquer Ware. 1705 London Gaz. No. 4166/3 Laden with raw Silks, China Lacker-Ware, and Salt-Petre. 1861 C. P. Hodgson Resid. Japan 28 It is..disgraceful for a Japanese to part with old lacquer ware. lacquer-work n. the making of lacquer-ware; also = lacquer-ware n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > japanning and varnishing > [noun] lacquer-work1669 japanning1688 lacquering1688 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > japanning and varnishing > [noun] > lacquered articles lacquer-work1669 lacquer-ware1697 lacquer1895 1669 S. Pepys Diary 23 Apr. (1976) IX. 531 Sir Philip Howard and Watson, the inventors, as they pretend, of the business of Vernashing and Lackerworke. 1878 J. J. Young Ceramic Art (1879) 165 In Japan Princes are said to have engaged in lacquer-work. lacquer-wort n. ? = lacquer-tree n. ΚΠ 1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese Silphione, laker-wort, some say it is an hearb yielding the gum Beniamin. Draft additions 1997 A coating material consisting of organic polymers dissolved in a solvent which is applied to a surface as a liquid and dries to give a hard glossy finish (differing from a paint in that the solvent simply evaporates and no chemical change is involved in the drying). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > painting or coating materials > [noun] > lacquer lacquer1861 1861 Barnwell & Rollason Combining Pyroxylene with Other Substances (Provisional Brit. Pat. Specification 2249) 3 Our invention consists in dissolving pyroxylene in any of its known solvents, and adding thereto oils..gums or resins... In a state of solution its uses would be as..a lacquer or wash for gilded and plated wares. 1904 A. H. Sabin Industr. & Artistic Technol. Paint & Varnish xi. 112 The commercial use of pyroxylin lacquers for adorning and protecting manufactured articles is a subject of interest and importance. 1911 E. C. Worden Nitrocellulose Industry I. x. 297 The same year [sc. 1856], Parkes devised a waterproofing lacquer prepared by dissolving ‘guncotton’ in ‘a mixture of wood spirit or naphtha distilled from chloride of lime and sulphuric acid’. 1930 Motor Body Building 51 105/2 Cellulose Lacquer, a finishing material containing nitro-cellulose. 1935 Discovery Nov. 326/2 Cellulose lacquers, paints, distempers, etc. 1958 Economist 20 Dec. 1051/1 Cellulose Acetate makes tough, water-resistant wire and cable coatings. Cellulose Acetate Butyrate produces lacquers, adhesives, airplane dopes and melt and peelable coatings possessing high strength, flexibility and excellent weathering properties. 1971 Nature 3 Dec. 254/1 Thermosetting acrylic finishes which should prove to be more durable than thermoplastic acrylic lacquers now widely used as car finishes. 1984 E. P. DeGarmo et al. Materials & Processes in Manuf. (ed. 6) viii. 194 Adequate corrosion resistance can usually be provided by enamel or lacquer finishes. 1992 Independent 22 Feb. 33/3 Most fitted kitchens are basically chipboard..with spray-on lacquer, fibre or veneer skin on top. Draft additions 1997 elliptical. = lacquer disc n. at Additions below. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > a sound recording > [noun] > record or disc > original master1904 lacquer disc1945 lacquer1946 master disc1951 1946 Electronic Industries Nov. 65/1 Although a stylus that is used to cut wax masters does not require a burnishing facet, this feature is indispensable on a stylus designed for lacquers. 1976 Audio June 40/2 From the remix studio the tape goes to the mastering studio where a mastering engineer cuts a ‘reference lacquer’. 1987 Music Week 28 Feb. (Studio Week Suppl.) 1/3 Capitol Magnetics halts productions as demand for lacquers plummets. Draft additions 1997 lacquer disc n. a disc coated with lacquer that is the first in the series of discs involved in the manufacture of a gramophone record, being cut from a tape or (formerly) directly during the recording process. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > a sound recording > [noun] > record or disc > original master1904 lacquer disc1945 lacquer1946 master disc1951 1945 Proc. IRE 33 761/1 Lacquer disks, disks, usually of metal, glass, or paper, which are coated with a lacquer compound..and used either for ‘instantaneous’ recordings or for lacquer masters. 1968 Times 29 Nov. (Leisure Suppl.) p.iv/6 The programme matter on the tape is transferred to a lacquer disc by means of a cutting machine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). lacquerv. transitive. To cover or coat with lacquer; hence gen. to varnish; occasionally of the material: To serve as a varnish for. Also with over. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > beautify (the skin or complexion) [verb (transitive)] > paint or colour painta1382 farcec1400 farda1450 parget1581 complexion1612 surfle1633 cerusea1640 petre1656 lacquer1688 whitewasha1704 enamel1804 peachify1853 to mug up1859 highlight1935 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > japanning and varnishing > japan or lacquer [verb (transitive)] japan1688 lacquer1688 lac1698 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > present speciously [verb (transitive)] > improve appearance paintc1390 set1540 daub1543 plaster1546 varnish1571 to gild over1574 adorn1589 parget1592 glaze1605 apparel1615 pranka1616 lustre1627 candidate1628 varnish1641 lacquer1688 whitewash1703 tinsel1748 duff1750 fineer1765 veneer1847 superficialize1851 gloss1879 window dress1913 beglamour1926 sportswash2012 1688 G. Parker & J. Stalker Treat. Japaning xviii. 56 To lacquer in Oyl, such things as are to be exposed to the Weather. 1692 London Gaz. No. 2813/4 The places appointed for receiving Guns, and Pistols.., or other Ironwork to be Lacquer'd..are [etc.]. 1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 313 Her Stern..was now all lacquer'd. 1745 J. Mason Treat. Self-knowl. iii. viii. 249 A smooth and shining Varnish, which may lacker over the basest Metal. 1822 T. Webster Imison's Elem. Sci. & Art (new ed.) II. 14 The best material for the lamp furnace is brass lackered. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 129 The Black Lac of the Burmah country, with which the natives lacker various kinds of ware. 1859 L. Oliphant China & Japan II. x. 227 A very handsome china bowl, curiously lacquered inside. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1579v.1688 |
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