Lacs
plural of Lac
• ACLs, ALCS, ASLC, LCAs, SLAC, clas
lacs
plural of lac
• ACLs, ALCS, ASLC, LCAs, SLAC, clas
Source: Wiktionary
Lac, Lakh (, n. Etym: [Hind. lak, lakh, laksh, Skr. laksha a mark, sign, lakh.]
Definition: One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number; as, a lac of rupees. [Written also lack.] [East Indies]
Lac, n. Etym: [Per. lak; akin to Skr. laksha: cf. F. lague, It. & NL. lacca. Cf. Lake a color, Lacquer, Litmus.]
Definition: A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but to some extent on other trees, by the Coccus lacca, a scale-shaped insect, the female of which fixes herself on the bark, and exudes from the margin of her body this resinous substance.
Note: Stick-lac is the substance in its natural state, incrusting small twigs. When broken off, and the coloring matter partly removed, the granular residuum is called seed-lac. When melted, and reduced to a thin crust, it is called shell-lac or shellac. Lac is an important ingredient in sealing wax, dyes, varnishes, and lacquers. Ceylon lac, a resinous exudation of the tree Croton lacciferum, resembling lac.
– Lac dye, a scarlet dye obtained from stick-lac.
– Lac lake, the coloring matter of lac dye when precipitated from its solutions by alum.
– Mexican lac, an exudation of the tree Croton Draco.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
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