lac

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lac dark-red resin, red dye. XVI (lack(e), lacca).—(through Du. lak, F. laque, or Sp., Pg. laca, It. lacca) Hind. lākh :- Prakrit lakkhā- :- Skr. lāk⋅āc. Cf. LAKE2. SHELLAC.

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lac

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lac Name of an insect and the sticky substance it secretes and deposits onto twigs; the deposit is harvested in Asia for use in shellac and red lac dye. Species Laccifer lacca.

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Lac

a great number; specifically, 100,000.

Examples: lac of islands, 1881; of pagodas, 1692; of rupees, 1613; of years, 1613.

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