shellacs in English
noun
1
lac resin melted into thin flakes, used for making varnish.
However, the wax used is derived from natural sources like food-grade shellac , which comes from the secretion of a lac bug, it is pointed out.
verb
1
varnish (something) with shellac.
You have to be involved on a daily basis with the intimate details of it - down to cleaning the bathrooms and shellacking the floor.
2
defeat or beat (someone) decisively.
they were shellacked in the 1982 election
noun
shellac varnish
verb
shellack
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