Definition for LACK'ER, or LAC'QUER

LACK'ER, or LAC'QUER, n. [Fr. laque.]

A kind of varnish. The basis of lackers is a solution of the substance called lac, in spirit of wine or alcohol. Varnishes applied to metals improve their color and preserve them from tarnishing. Encyc. Cyc. Lackers consist of different resins in a state of solution, of which the most common are mastic, sandarach, lac, benzoin, copal, amber, and asphalt. The menstrua are either expressed or essential oils, or spirit of wine. – Nicholson.

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