lacquer furniture is often black and has a very shiny finish. From LearnThat.org.
You'll want to roll him in lacquer and post him on your mantel. From Wordnik.com. [REAGAN THE CLASS-BAITER] Reference
There was a satinwood writing table under the window and a work-table in Japanese lacquer, very small and dainty. From Wordnik.com. [Politics 101] Reference
… a huge maroon armoire, in Chinese lacquer; its double doors are slightly ajar … The jaunty background. From Wordnik.com. [Sadly, No!] Reference
Mathews pulls out a black LP called the "lacquer". From Wordnik.com. [How to make a vinyl record] Reference
These muffin-shaped bowls are made of 'lacquer' no, we're not sure either, available in a range of colours and stand around 9cm tall. From Wordnik.com. [Cupcake bowls] Reference
Pronounced "lacquer" but has nothing to do with furniture polish and everything to do with "good.". From Wordnik.com. [rediff.com] Reference
He wrote how he provided 'lacquer' for Lek and her friends, who sniffed glue in his front room, and of his desire to conquer her. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
Here we get our first idea of what real lacquer means. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
It was of black lacquer, with a thong of rose-colored velvet. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Painter] Reference
Perhaps the most beautiful of all varnishes is lacquer, much used in. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
I grabbed her shoulders, shaking her from lacquer-laden hair-do to fishnetted-feet. From Wordnik.com. [O'erleaping Ambition] Reference
He dives into the well under the seat and fetches out his lacquer box full of rice. From Wordnik.com. [Peeps at Many Lands: Japan] Reference
Japan lacquer contains no lac at all, but is made from the resin of a kind of nut tree. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
No. 1 Chest of red lacquer holds many garments of fine silk of soft warmth and richness. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Maids of Far Cathay] Reference
The only other furniture consisted of low tables in black lacquer, one beside every couch. From Wordnik.com. [The Nest Builder] Reference
She used the oldest form of printmaking, a time consuming, hand-cut lacquer film technique. From Wordnik.com. [Cultivating a meaningful reflection of yourself in the garden] Reference
Were you introduced to soul music and R&B on radio, lacquer, vinyl, tape, disc or computer file?. From Wordnik.com. [James Hunter Delves Into '60s Soul] Reference
On the two sides, stood one of a pair of small teapoys of foreign lacquer of peach-blossom pattern. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
No. 2 Chest, also of red lacquer, contain clothing more ordinary and household linens most plenteous. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Maids of Far Cathay] Reference
Its gleaming lacquer looks like roiling fire at the nose, tapering to the color of wine at the fin-shaped tail. From Wordnik.com. [An Oldie Is New Again: High-Tech Soap Box Racing] Reference
It was a surface of polished lacquer, darker than the night, and powdered thick with the gold of reflected stars. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Painter] Reference
And at last he placed it in a lacquer box and buried it deep at the foot of the largest cherry-tree in his garden. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl and The Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure] Reference
At each place was a beautiful lacquer tray, about twelve by eighteen inches, a pair of chopsticks, a fork and a teaspoon. From Wordnik.com. [Bohemian San Francisco Its restaurants and their most famous recipes—The elegant art of dining.] Reference
Wrapped around the Sportage's jazzy lacquer-black 18-inch rims were all-season Hankook tires generally untroubled by grip. From Wordnik.com. [A Stylish SUV With a Hollow Core] Reference
Except in very rare instances a piece of real lacquer can scarcely be obtained, most of it having already found its way to. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
At night a Japanese room is lighted by a candle fixed in a large square paper lantern, the latter placed on a lacquer stand. From Wordnik.com. [Peeps at Many Lands: Japan] Reference
With these came bowls of soup, served in lacquer ware, made of glutinous nests of swallows, and also a salad made of shark fins. From Wordnik.com. [Bohemian San Francisco Its restaurants and their most famous recipes—The elegant art of dining.] Reference
It may be protected to some extent by lacquering with pale lacquer, but it loses some of its brilliancy and purity in the process. From Wordnik.com. [On Laboratory Arts] Reference
As a preventive measure, Built by Me furniture is made with a nontoxic lacquer, and can be easily wiped down -- or safely chewed on. From Wordnik.com. [TIPSHEET] Reference
(Soundbite of music) WAS: Horowitz contracted a private company to cut lacquer disc recordings of all of his Carnegie Hall recitals. From Wordnik.com. [Horowitz Rediscovered At Carnegie Hall] Reference
The Chinese Section occupies galleries 94 to 97, and is notable for the paintings on silk and paper, the cloisonne, and the lacquer. From Wordnik.com. [An Art-Lovers Guide to the Exposition] Reference
They collided in the tilting aisle, their blades lashing out and licking against armor, stripping lacquer and squealing as they came apart. From Wordnik.com. [The Insult of Warlord Reishi] Reference
But the bidding ended there, and Farmer Benson got the package, which on being opened, was found to contain a beautiful little lacquer box. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
To the Chinese we must credit the making of asbestos, the manufacture of lacquer, the carving of ivory and many other important industries. From Wordnik.com. [Birdseye Views of Far Lands] Reference
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