SHELLACK or SHELLAC

PRONUNCIATION: (shuh-LAK)

MEANING: noun:
A resin secreted by the lac insect and purified for use in varnishes, paints, inks, sealing waxes, phonograph records, etc.
A phonograph record, especially a 78 rpm.
A severe defeat or beating.
verb tr.:
To coat or treat with shellac.
To thrash soundly.
To defeat decisively, especially in a contest or game.

ETYMOLOGY: From shell + lac, translation of French laque en écailles (lac in thin plates), from Latin lac, from Arabic lac, from Persian lac, from Prakrit lakkha, from Sanskrit laksha (lac, a red dye). Lac is a resin secreted by the lac insect. Earliest documented use: noun: 1713, verb: 1876.
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