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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The coloring matter which is extracted from stick-lac; lac-dye. See
lac .
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The roughly-prepared coating is imported in two forms, called lac-lake and lac-dye, which contain about 50 per cent of colouring matter, combined with more or less resin, and with earthy matters, consisting chiefly of carbonate and sulphate of lime and silica.
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field
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