Definition of "lacquering" [lac•quer•ing]

• Present participle of lacquer. (verb)

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• "Buddhas, contemplative and priceless, locked in wonderful Burmese cabinets, strange ornaments of brass and perfume-burners from India, mandarin robes of peacock-blue, and tiny caskets of that violet lacquering which is one of the lost arts of Japan."
• "Two birds fly among peonies on a box made with a lacquering technique that can take more than a year to complete."
• "But never over-use them; "lacquering" can destroy the hair's natural fibers."