Lacquer

Definition of lacquer:

part of speech: verb

To cover with a varnish. Also, lacker.

part of speech: noun

A varnish consisting of shellac dissolved in alcohol, and colored; Oriental varnish; Chinese or Japanese woodwork finished with a hard, polished varnish, and inlaid with gold, ivory, pearl, etc.; a composition for preserving cannon, carriages, etc.

Usage examples for lacquer:

• It was as though built of the lacquer of the gems whose colors it held. "The Metal Monster", A. Merritt.

• The room had been keyed up to her portrait, and had then been toned down with certain heavy pieces of ebony, a cabinet of black lacquer the dark books which lined the wall to the ceiling. "The Trumpeter Swan", Temple Bailey.

• Old gold lacquer and china, and some pieces of antique embroidered silk, were also produced for my benefit, and some musical instruments of great beauty, said to be more than two centuries old. "Unbeaten-Tracks-in-Japan", Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy).