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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : lak-er |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæk ər |
Definition of lacquering
Origin :- 1570s as "dye obtained from lac;" 1670s as "lacquer," from obsolete French lacre, name for a kind of sealing wax, from Portuguese lacre, unexplained variant of lacca "resinous substance," from Arabic lakk, from Persian lak (see lac).
- As in varnish : verb add a layer to; embellish
- As in color : verb make pigmented; shade
- As in finish : verb put a coating on; perfect
- As in gloss : verb make shiny
- It must be borne in mind that the lacquering was often but an afterthought decoration.
- Extract from : « Little Books About Old Furniture. Volume II. The Period of Queen Anne » by J. P. Blake
- In lacquering guns care is to be taken to leave the distinguishing marks and numbers distinctly visible.
- Extract from : « Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. » by Bureau of Ordnance, USN
- The latter are prepared by varnishing or lacquering the former.
- Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
- It may be protected to some extent by lacquering with pale lacquer, but it loses some of its brilliancy and purity in the process.
- Extract from : « On Laboratory Arts » by Richard Threlfall
- Women were employed extensively in the light chain trade, also in lacquering in the brass trade, and in many other occupations.
- Extract from : « Women in Modern Industry » by B. L. Hutchins
- The process of lacquering is as tedious to-day as it ever was, and the reproductions sell for goodly sums.
- Extract from : « The House in Good Taste » by Elsie de Wolfe
- You remained in the garage about a half hour lacquering your children's blocks.
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Synonyms for lacquering
- adorn
- blacken
- bloom
- blush
- buff
- burn
- burnish
- chalk
- coat
- cover
- crayon
- crimson
- darken
- daub
- decorate
- develop
- dye
- elaborate
- embellish
- emblazon
- enamel
- enliven
- face
- finish
- flush
- fresco
- furbish
- gild
- glance
- glaze
- gloss
- illuminate
- imbue
- infuse
- japan
- lacquer
- luster
- paint
- pigment
- pinken
- polish
- redden
- refine
- rouge
- rub
- shellac
- shine
- smooth
- stain
- stipple
- suffuse
- surface
- texture
- tinge
- tint
- tone
- variegate
- varnish
- veneer
- wash
- wax
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