SHELLAC

I. noun Etymology: 1shell + lac Date: 1704 purified lac usually prepared in thin orange or yellow flakes by heating and filtering and often bleached white, a preparation of lac dissolved usually in alcohol and used chiefly as a wood filler and finish, 3. a composition containing ~ formerly used for making phonograph records, an old 78 rpm phonograph record, II. transitive verb (~ked; ~king) Date: 1876 to coat or otherwise treat with ~ or a ~ varnish, to defeat decisively