Lac

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun ·Alt. of Lakh.

II. Lac ·noun 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.

Related Words

lac
lac, lactis (nom. lacte, Enn. ap. Non. 483, 2; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 85; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 16 Ritschl N. ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
lac
lāc lactis, n milk: nutricis: lacte vesci, S.: lacte vivere, Cs.: lactis Cantare rivos, H.: lac pre...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Seed-lac
·noun A species of lac. ·see the Note under <<Lac>>. ...

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Shell-lac
·noun ·Alt. of <<Shellac>>. ...

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Stick-lac
·noun ·see the Note under <<Lac>>. ...

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