Tasman took for gum-lac; it is extracted from the largest tree in the woods.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Source Book of Australian History] Reference

They also brought on board a small quantity of gum, of a seemingly very fine quality, which had exuded from trees, and bore some resemblance to gum-lac.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Source Book of Australian History] Reference

From thefc trees, when cut down, iflued, what the fui geons call, gum-lac«.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Collection of voyages round the world [microform] : performed by royal authority : containing a complete historical account of Captain Cook's first, second, third and last voyages, undertaken for making new discoveries, &c. ... to which are added genuine narratives of other voyages of discovery round the world, &c. viz. those of Lord Byron, Capt. Wallis, Capt. Carteret, Lord Mulgrave, Lord Anson, Mr. Parkinson, Capt. Lutwidge, Mess. Ives, Middleton, Smith, &c. &c. ... being the most elegant and perfect work of the kind] Reference

Out of the trees we cut down for fire-wood, there issued some gum, which the surgeon called gum-lac.    From Wordnik.com.  [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14] Reference

Towards the close of 1815 a man, a stranger, had established himself in the town, and had been inspired with the idea of substituting, in this manufacture, gum-lac for resin, and, for bracelets in particular, slides of sheet-iron simply laid together, for slides of soldered sheet-iron.    From Wordnik.com.  [Les Miserables, Volume I, Fantine] Reference

He sent before him a present of lignum-aloes and gum-lac, the produce of his country, but Alboquerque, suspecting the honesty of his intentions, and fearing that he either aspired to the crown of Malacca or designed to entice the merchants to resort to his own kingdom, refused to permit his coming, and gave the superintendence of the natives to a person named Nina Chetuan.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants] Reference

A stranger, had established himself in the town, and had been inspired with the idea of substituting, in this manufacture, gum-lac for resin, and, for bracelets in particular, slides of sheet-iron simply laid together, for slides of soldered sheet-iron.    From Wordnik.com.  [Les Misérables] Reference

Four bales gum-lac, with profit 40-10/24.    From Wordnik.com.  [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08] Reference