Antonyms for lacquering

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

Example sentences :

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

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