seedlacn.
/ˈsiːdlak/, U.S. /ˈsidˌlæk/ Lac in a partly processed pellet form, obtained from sticklac that has been broken off the twigs on which it has been deposited, and subsequently crushed and washed to remove its colour. See lac n.1 1.
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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
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1649 T. Breton et al. Let. 31 Jan. in W. Foster Eng. Factories in India 1646–50 (1914) 255 Have sent also some gum-, shell-, and seed-lac to fill up.
1702 R. Neve Apopiroscopy i. 37 Bestow Eight or Ten Washes of your best Seed-Lack-Varnish.
1737 Compl. Family-piece (ed. 2) iii. 525 Yellow Varnish... Take seven Ounces of Seed-Lake.., a Quarter of an Ounce of Gum-Anime, and one Dram of Mastich; put them in one Quart of Spirit of Wine [etc.].
?1790 J. Imison Curious & Misc. Articles (new ed.) 91 in School of Arts (ed. 2) To make Seed-lac Varnish. Take spirits of wine, one quart;..add thereto eight ounces of seed-lac.
1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 182/1 The resin crushed to small fragments and washed free from colouring matter constitutes ‘seed lac’.
1927 F. Balfour-Browne Insects v. 128 The incrustation is stripped off and crushed, when it becomes ‘seed-lac’.
1976 Amer. Art Jrnl. 8 62/2 Preparation of seed-lac of pure grade was basic to good japan technique.
2002 Better Homes & Gardens June 55 (caption) Darker shellac, such as buttonlac and seedlac, does a wonderful job of replicating antique finishes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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