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shellac
n 1: lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin
orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white
2: a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to
finish wood [syn: shellac varnish]
v : cover with shellac; "She wanted to shellac the desk to
protect it from water spots"
[also: shellacking, shellacked]