Synonyms for lacquer
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : lak-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæk ər |
Définition of lacquer
Origin :- 1570s as "dye obtained from lac;" 1670s as "lacquer," from obsolete French lacre, name for a kind of sealing wax, from Portuguese lacre, unexplained variant of lacca "resinous substance," from Arabic lakk, from Persian lak (see lac).
- noun coating
- Will there be one morsel of honest flesh, when all the lacquer of paint is washed off?
- Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
- Do you know that he has the one collection of Japanese lacquer in Europe?
- Extract from : « The Napoleon of Notting Hill » by Gilbert K. Chesterton
- The walls are all covered with the finest paintings in gold and lacquer.
- Extract from : « From Pole to Pole » by Sven Anders Hedin
- The dressing table and the chaise-longue are of Chinese lacquer.
- Extract from : « The Merry-Go-Round » by Carl Van Vechten
- The lacquer is drawn from its milky sap and mixed with the oil of the bignonia.
- Extract from : « In the Eastern Seas » by W.H.G. Kingston
- They were formed of wicker work, and covered outside with lacquer.
- Extract from : « The Three Admirals » by W.H.G. Kingston
- By the time the young lady was marriageable, her outfit of lacquer was superb.
- Extract from : « The Empire of the East » by H. B. Montgomery
- These lacquer artists, as I have indicated, worked not for lucre, but for love.
- Extract from : « The Empire of the East » by H. B. Montgomery
- Their position is so assured that they do not need that lacquer of calmness of which we were speaking.
- Extract from : « Backlog Studies » by Charles Dudley Warner
- The lacquer on a steel pen protects it until it has been used for a while.
- Extract from : « Makers of Many Things » by Eva March Tappan
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