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Webster 1913 Edition

Shell-lac

{

Shel′lacˊ

,

Shell′-lacˊ

}

,

Noun.

[

Shell

+

lac

a resinous substance; cf. D.

shellak

, G.

schellack

.]

1.

Lac which has been reduced to a thin crust. See the Note under 2d

.

Definition 2024

shell-lac

shell-lac

English

Noun

shell-lac ‎(plural shell-lacs)

Dated form of shellac.