shellac varnish
111tint — Synonyms and related words: Munsell chroma, achromatism, affect, apply paint, bedaub, bedizen, begild, besmear, brightness, brush on paint, burr, calcimine, cartoon, cast, chalk, charcoal, chiseling, chroma, chromatic color, chromaticity,… …
112tone — Synonyms and related words: French pitch, Munsell chroma, Zeitgeist, accent, accidental, achromatism, action, actions, activity, acts, adaptability, address, affect, affectation, air, algorithm, anagnorisis, angle, apply paint, approach,… …
113wash — Synonyms and related words: ablution, abstergent, acrylic painting, apply paint, aquarelle, babble, backwash, baptize, bath, bathe, baygall, be consistent, be the case, be true, be truthful, bedaub, bedizen, begild, besmear, bog, bottom,… …
114whitewash — Synonyms and related words: absolve, acquit, allow for, allowance, amnesty, apply paint, becloud, bedaub, bedizen, befog, begild, belie, besmear, blank, blanket, blind, brush on paint, bulldoze, calcimine, camouflage, chalk, clear, cloak, clobber …
115shell — [OE] Shell goes back ultimately to the Germanic base *skal ‘divide, separate’, which also produced English scale, scalp, school (of fish), shale, shelter, shield, shoal (of fish), skill, and skol. Its underlying meaning is hence a ‘covering that… …
116shellacking — n a beating, defeat. A humorous borrow ing of the standard term meaning to slap on shellac, a resin used for varnish ing and insulation. The slang sense arose in the USA where it is still heard; it is not unknown in British speech …
117shellack — n. lac that has been purified and processed into thin sheets or flakes; varnish made from processed lac dissolved in alcohol (also shellac) …
118shellacks — n. lac that has been purified and processed into thin sheets or flakes; varnish made from processed lac dissolved in alcohol (also shellac) …
119shellacked — mainly American very drunk Literally, covered with shellac, a varnish which is stoved to give a glazed appearance. To be shellacked may also mean to be utterly defeated (WCND) …
120semi-gloss — A surface finish that is between glossy and matt. Oil, acrylic, and encaustic paints, among other media are generally available in semi gloss. Also see enamel, polyurethane, shellac, and varnish …
