Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Lacquer

Lacquer , noun

[French lacre a sort of sealing wax, Portuguese lacte, from laca lac. See Lac the resin.]

A varnish, consisting of a solution of shellac in alcohol, often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; -- used for varnishing metals, papier-maché, and wood. The name is also given to varnishes made of other ingredients, esp. the tough, solid varnish of the Japanese, with which ornamental objects are made.

Lacquer , transitive verb

To cover with lacquer.
Lacquer'd chair. — Pope