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shellac: a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood; lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white; cover with shellac; "She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots"

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resin collapse: any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules

snow under collapse

larrup collapse

upend collapse: set, turn, or stand on end; "upend the box and empty the contents"; become turned or set on end; "the airplanes upended"

calcimine collapse: a water-base paint containing zinc oxide and glue and coloring; used as a wash for walls and ceilings; cover with calcimine; "calcimine the walls"

begild collapse

parget collapse: plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys; apply ornamental plaster to

mop up collapse

whelm collapse

lacquer collapse: a hard glossy coating; a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish; coat with lacquer; "A lacquered box from China"

enamel collapse: any smooth glossy coating that resembles ceramic glaze; a paint that dries to a hard glossy finish; hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth; a colored glassy compound (opaque or partially opaque) that is fused to the surface of metal or glass or pottery for decoration or protection; coat, inlay, or surface with enamel

clobber collapse: strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"

skunk collapse: American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae

ingrain collapse: thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt"

trounce collapse

besmear collapse

curry collapse: (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice; treat by incorporating fat; "curry tanned leather"; season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking

bedaub collapse: spread or daub (a surface)

shut out collapse

lambaste collapse

bedizen collapse: dress up garishly and tastelessly; decorate tastelessly

fresco collapse: a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster; a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster; paint onto wet plaster on a wall

whomp collapse: beat overwhelmingly

gild collapse: decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold

steamroller collapse: vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements; overwhelm by using great force; "steamroller the opposition"; crush with a steamroller as if to level; "steamroller the road"; proceed with great force; "The new teacher tends to steamroller"; bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure; "The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat"

thrash collapse: a swimming kick used while treading water; give a thrashing to; beat hard; beat the seeds out of a grain; move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation; "The system is thrashing again!"; beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all

dye collapse: a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair; color with dye; "Please dye these shoes"

hue collapse: the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength; take on color or become colored; "In highlights it hued to a dull silver-grey"

imbue collapse: suffuse with color

whop collapse

drub collapse

bulldoze collapse: flatten with or as if with a bulldozer

emblazon collapse: decorate with heraldic arms

wallop collapse: a severe blow; defeat soundly and utterly; "We'll wallop them!"

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