Definition of "seed-lac" [seed•-lac]

• A species of lac. See the Note under lac. (noun)

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• "These may be always applied with the shellac varnish as a vehicle, and their upper or polishing coats may consist of common seed-lac varnish."
• "Any of them may be used with good seed-lac varnish, for reasons already given."
• "The seed-lac varnish is not so injurious to yellow pigments as it is to the tone of some other pigments, because, being tinged a reddish yellow, it does little more than intensify or deepen the tone of the pigment."