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Definition of: shellac
(shə·lak′) noun
1. A purified lac obtained as plates or cakes and extensively used in varnish, sealing wax, insulators, etc.
2. A solution, orange or white, of flake shellac dissolved in methylated spirit: used for coating floors, woodwork, etc.
—v.t. ·lacked, ·lack·ing
1. To cover or varnish with shellac.
2. Slang a To belabor; beat. b. To defeat utterly. Also shel·lack′. [<SHELL +LAC1, trans. of F laque en écailles lac in fine sheets]
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