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Definition of Seed lac

1. Noun. Granular material obtained from stick lac by crushing and washing.

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Literary usage of Seed lac

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1. The Scientific American Cyclopedia of Formulas: Partly Based Upon the 28th by Albert Allis Hopkins (1910)
"Agitate frequently for a week, filter into a clean bottle, and add seed lac, 3 oz. Let stand, with occasional agitation, for about 2 weeks. 7. ..."

2. Experimental Researches Concerning the Philosophy of Permanent Colours: And by Edward Bancroft (1814)
"Lac is known in Europe by the different appellations of stick lac, seed lac, and shell lac. The first is the lac in pretty considerable lumps, ..."

3. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1867)
"One of the most valuable of the resins is lac, which occurs in commerce under three distinct forms; viz., as stick-lac, seed-lac, and shell-lac. ..."

4. A Dictionary of Mechanical Science, Arts, Manufactures, and Miscellaneous by Alexander Jamieson (1829)
"This is done with common seed-lac varnish, except where other methods are more expedient. The same reasons which decide ns to the fitness of the varnishes, ..."

5. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"Stick-lac,, seed- lac, lac dye, shell-lac, sealing-wax, shell-la« ornaments. ... Ganjam. Stick-lac and seed-lac.—Bengal. Lac dye, 1 maund 10 seers.—Bengal. ..."

6. Notes on Building Construction by Henry Fidler, Great Britain Dept. of Science and Art (1879)
"seed lac is the insoluble portion left after pounding and digesting stick lac. When seed lac is melted, strained, and compressed into sheets, ..."

7. Workshop Receipts by Ernest Spon, Robert Haldane, Charles George Warnford Lock (1883)
"Now add 3 oz. of clean seed-lac, and agitate the bottle every day for 14 days. 7. ... 1 gallon of methylated spirits of wine, 10 oz. of seed- lac bruised, ..."

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