red lacn.

Brit.

/ˌrɛd ˈlak/, U.S.

/ˈˌrɛd ˈlæk/

Forms: see red adj. and n. and lac n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., lac n.¹

Etymology: < red adj. + lac n.¹

1. The red secretion of the lac insect, Kerria lacca (in the form of seed-lac, shellac, etc.); a red pigment derived from this. Also: any of various other red pigments, waxes, or lacquers.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun] > other red pigments

rosetc1450

crimson?a1475

patise1589

sandyx1601

lake1616

lac1682

red lac1682

light red1692

carmine1712

rose pink1732

Venetian red1753

fire-red1798

pink saucer1804

chica1818

Florentine lake1822

French red1844

Antwerp red1851

Paris lake1866

carajura1874

cadmium red1886

Chinese vermilion1886

Chinese red1892

terra rosa1897

vermilionette1897

Derby red1904

Monastral1936

1682 J. Partridge tr. A. von Mynsicht Thesaurus & armamentarium medico-chymicum v. 100 Take Swallow-wort roots an ounce, elect Rhubarb and Foreign Mumy, of each half an ounce; red Lacca, Sperma Ceti, of each two drams.

1706 in tr. E. Y. Ides Three Years Trav. Moscow to China 146 There are also brought hither Rhinocero's Horns, Ivory, Furrs, and Red Lacca, from whence the finest sticks of Sealing-wax are prepared.

1725 P. Shaw Philos. Wks. R. Boyle II. 103 This method of making lacs we have also practised with madder, which yielded us a red lac [1664, 1670 red lake], and with rue.

1758 R. Dossie Handmaid to Arts II. 33 If any evaporation of the more volatile parts of the shell or red lac, or resin, be suffered, the wax is rendered proportionably brittle.

1797 Encycl. Brit. IX. 495/2 The method of obtaining the fine red lac used by painters from this substance [sc. stick-lac] is by the following simple process.

1836 Bell's Syst. Geogr. (new ed.) IV. 572 The Croton lacciferrum, from which is obtained the valuable red lac, the produce of a sort of ant which nestles on it, and separates this gum as its ordinary food.

1854 Horticulturist 4 552 I will refer to a Chinese species, Rhus succedanum, from which the red lac is made.

1860 H. Watts tr. L. Gmelin Hand-bk. Chem. XIV. 136 The xanthin is precipitated from the filtrate as a red lac by subacetate of lead.

1911 Bull. Pennsylvania Mus. 9 61 The wood base has been coated with a covering of the red lac about one-eighth of an inch in thickness.

1924 R. Kipling Eye of Allah in Debits & Credits (1926) 366 The first words of the Magnificat were built up on gold washed with red-lac for a background to the Virgin's hardly yet fired halo.

1963 R. Williams Jaina Yoga 119 The collection of red lac involves the destruction of endless numbers of tiny insects.

2002 E. Goldberg Lord who is Half Woman i. 21 The left foot dyed in red lac is adorned with jewels and women's ornaments.

2. More fully red lac sumac. A Japanese sumac, Toxicodendron succedaneum (formerly included in the genus Rhus), from which Japanese wax is obtained. Now rare.

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1789 W. Aiton Hortus Kewensis I. 388 Rhus... Succedaneum... Red Lac Sumach. Nat. of China and Japan.

1824 J. C. Loudon Green-house Compan. ii. 80 Rhus succedanum, red Lac Sumach, a shrub from China in 1768, and flowering in June.

1932 R. Sudell New Illustr. Gardening Encycl. 779/1 R. succedanea. The ‘Wax Tree’ or ‘Red-lac’ of Japan. This species is not hardy everywhere, but in the south of England it grows to a height of 10-ft.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	red lac
释义	red lacn. Brit. /ˌrɛd ˈlak/, U.S. /ˈˌrɛd ˈlæk/ Forms: see red adj. and n. and lac n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., lac n.¹ Etymology: < red adj. + lac n.¹ 1. The red secretion of the lac insect, Kerria lacca (in the form of seed-lac, shellac, etc.); a red pigment derived from this. Also: any of various other red pigments, waxes, or lacquers. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun] > other red pigments rosetc1450 crimson?a1475 patise1589 sandyx1601 lake1616 lac1682 red lac1682 light red1692 carmine1712 rose pink1732 Venetian red1753 fire-red1798 pink saucer1804 chica1818 Florentine lake1822 French red1844 Antwerp red1851 Paris lake1866 carajura1874 cadmium red1886 Chinese vermilion1886 Chinese red1892 terra rosa1897 vermilionette1897 Derby red1904 Monastral1936 1682 J. Partridge tr. A. von Mynsicht Thesaurus & armamentarium medico-chymicum v. 100 Take Swallow-wort roots an ounce, elect Rhubarb and Foreign Mumy, of each half an ounce; red Lacca, Sperma Ceti, of each two drams. 1706 in tr. E. Y. Ides Three Years Trav. Moscow to China 146 There are also brought hither Rhinocero's Horns, Ivory, Furrs, and Red Lacca, from whence the finest sticks of Sealing-wax are prepared. 1725 P. Shaw Philos. Wks. R. Boyle II. 103 This method of making lacs we have also practised with madder, which yielded us a red lac [1664, 1670 red lake], and with rue. 1758 R. Dossie Handmaid to Arts II. 33 If any evaporation of the more volatile parts of the shell or red lac, or resin, be suffered, the wax is rendered proportionably brittle. 1797 Encycl. Brit. IX. 495/2 The method of obtaining the fine red lac used by painters from this substance [sc. stick-lac] is by the following simple process. 1836 Bell's Syst. Geogr. (new ed.) IV. 572 The Croton lacciferrum, from which is obtained the valuable red lac, the produce of a sort of ant which nestles on it, and separates this gum as its ordinary food. 1854 Horticulturist 4 552 I will refer to a Chinese species, Rhus succedanum, from which the red lac is made. 1860 H. Watts tr. L. Gmelin Hand-bk. Chem. XIV. 136 The xanthin is precipitated from the filtrate as a red lac by subacetate of lead. 1911 Bull. Pennsylvania Mus. 9 61 The wood base has been coated with a covering of the red lac about one-eighth of an inch in thickness. 1924 R. Kipling Eye of Allah in Debits & Credits (1926) 366 The first words of the Magnificat were built up on gold washed with red-lac for a background to the Virgin's hardly yet fired halo. 1963 R. Williams Jaina Yoga 119 The collection of red lac involves the destruction of endless numbers of tiny insects. 2002 E. Goldberg Lord who is Half Woman i. 21 The left foot dyed in red lac is adorned with jewels and women's ornaments. 2. More fully red lac sumac. A Japanese sumac, Toxicodendron succedaneum (formerly included in the genus Rhus), from which Japanese wax is obtained. Now rare. ΚΠ 1789 W. Aiton Hortus Kewensis I. 388 Rhus... Succedaneum... Red Lac Sumach. Nat. of China and Japan. 1824 J. C. Loudon Green-house Compan. ii. 80 Rhus succedanum, red Lac Sumach, a shrub from China in 1768, and flowering in June. 1932 R. Sudell New Illustr. Gardening Encycl. 779/1 R. succedanea. The ‘Wax Tree’ or ‘Red-lac’ of Japan. This species is not hardy everywhere, but in the south of England it grows to a height of 10-ft. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1682
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