Lac : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Lac	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Lac
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lac n resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lac \Lac\, d8Lakh \[d8]Lakh\, n. [Hind. lak, l[be]kh, l[be]ksh, Skr. laksha a mark, sign, lakh.] One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number; as, a lac of rupees. [Written also {lack}.] [East Indies]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lac \Lac\, n. [Per. lak; akin to Skr. l[be]ksh[be]: cf. F. lague, It. & NL. lacca. Cf. {Lake} a color, {Lacquer}, {Litmus}.] A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but to some extent on other trees, by the {Coccus lacca}