Lacquer

lacquer
    n 1: a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and
         used as a natural varnish
    2: a hard glossy coating
    v 1: coat with lacquer; "A lacquered box from China"
    

Lacquer \Lac"quer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lacquered}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Lacquering}.]
   To cover with lacquer. "Lacquer'd chair." --Pope.
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Lacquer \Lac"quer\, n. [F. lacre a sort of sealing wax, Pg.
   lacte, fr. laca lac. See {Lac} the resin.] [Written also
   {lacker}.]
   A varnish, consisting of a solution of shellac in alcohol,
   often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; -- used for
   varnishing metals, papier-mach['e], and wood. The name is
   also given to varnishes made of other ingredients, esp. the
   tough, solid varnish of the Japanese, with which ornamental
   objects are made.
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72 Moby Thesaurus words for "lacquer":
      apply paint, bedaub, bedizen, begild, besmear, brush on paint,
      butter, calcimine, coat, coating, color, complexion, cover, dab,
      daub, deep-dye, dip, distemper, double-dye, dye, emblazon, enamel,
      engild, face, facing, fast-dye, film, fresco, fur, gild, glaze,
      gloss, grain, hue, illuminate, imbue, ingrain, japan, lay on,
      lay on color, paint, parget, pellicle, pigment, prime, revetment,
      scale, scum, shade, shadow, shellac, skin, slap on, slather,
      slop on paint, smear, smear on, spread on, spread with, stain,
      stipple, tar, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, tone, undercoat,
      varnish, veneer, wash, whitewash