lacs

Noun (1)

lac (countable and uncountable, plural lacs)

1. A resinous substance or lacquer produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect.
   • At the turn of the century, the ever-expanding electrical industry was running low on shellac, a resin secreted by the female lac bug which could be used as an insulating material.2019 November 5, Alice Bell, “Can science break its plastic addiction?”, in CNN

Noun (2)

lac (plural lacs)

1. Dated spelling of lakh.
   • […] Lake [i.e., Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake] should not have leisure to breathe for a moment, and calamities would fall on lacs of human beings in continued war by the attacks of his army, which would overwhelm like the waves of the sea.1804, R[obert] Montgomery Martin, quoting Yashwantrao Holkar, “Section II. European Intercourse—Rise and Growth of British Power.”, in The Indian Empire: […], volume I (History, Topography...

Noun (3)

lac (countable and uncountable, plural lacs)

1. (colloquial) Laceration.
   • hand lac

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