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Definition of Shellack
1. Verb. Cover with shellac. "She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots"
Definition of Shellack
1. Noun. a type of lac or vanish ¹
2. Noun. (informal US) to get defeated in competition ¹
3. Verb. to apply shellack on something ¹
4. Verb. (informal US) to beat repeatedly ¹
5. Verb. (informal US) to defeat decisively ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shellack
1. to shellac [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: shellac
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shellack
Literary usage of Shellack
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical and Veterinary Entomology: A Textbook for Use in Schools and by William Brodbeck Herms (1915)
"... novyi (shellack), the body is wavy or undulatory (Fig. 65). Both man and beast
are affected by ..."
2. Medical and Veterinary Entomology: A Textbook for Use in Schools and by William Brodbeck Herms (1915)
"... novyi (shellack), the body is wavy or undulatory (Fig. 65). ... novyi shellack)
and the Indian form (Spi- ..."
3. Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society by Hakluyt Society (1888)
"... forementioned quantity of shellack, of the very best sort and at the cheapest
rate." Again (20th September 1682) : " We know Mr. PECOCK of PATTANA was a ..."
4. The Harvey Lectures by Harvey Society of New York, New York Academy of Medicine (1914)
"I may add here that Argas reflexus has been shown by shellack (1908) to transmit
the fowl spirochete. HUMAN RELAPSING FEVER IN TROPICAL AFRICA Although ..."
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