Usually means: Resinous secretion used for varnish.
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  1. shell-lac: Wordnik
  2. shell-lac: Wiktionary
  3. Shell-lac: Dictionary.com
  4. Shell-lac: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. Shell-lac: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  6. shell-lac: FreeDictionary.org

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▸ noun:  Dated form of shellac. [A processed secretion of the lac insect, Coccus lacca; used in polishes, varnishes etc.]


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