Adjacent Words
Lacmuslacob
lacod
lacol
lacom
Laconia
Laconia, Gulf of
Laconian
Laconic
Laconical
Laconically
Laconicism
Laconics
Laconize
Laconized
Laconizing
lacquer
lacquer tree
Lacquered
lacquerer
Lacquering
lacquerware
lacquerwork
lacquey
lacrimae rerum
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
LA'CONISM,
LAC'QUER, n. A kind of varnish. The basis of lackers is a solution of the substance called seed-lack or shell-lack, in spirit of wine or alcohol. Varnishes applied to metals improve their color and preserve them from tarnishing.
Lackers consist of different resins in a state of solution, of which the most common are mastick, sandarach, lack, benzoin, copal, amber, and asphalt. The menstrua are either expressed or essential oils, or spirit of wine.
LACK'ER, v.t. To varnish; to smear over with lacker, for the purpose of improving color or preserving from tarnishing and decay.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: terseness of expression [syn: laconism, laconicism]
Merriam Webster's
noun Date: 15701. brevity or terseness of expression or style< a laconism bordering on curt — B. S. Shanoff >2. a laconic expression
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. 1 brevity of speech. 2 a short pithy saying. Etymology: Gk lakonismos f. lakonizo behave like a Spartan: see LACONIC
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Laconism Lac"o*nism, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to imitate Laced[ae]monian manners, to speak laconically: cf. F. laconisme.] 1. A vigorous, brief manner of expression; laconic style. 2. An instance of laconic style or expression.
