gum-lac

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.

Les Miserables 2008

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.

A Source Book of Australian History Gwendolen H. [Compiler] Swinburne

Tasman took for gum-lac; it is extracted from the largest tree in the woods.

A Source Book of Australian History Gwendolen H. [Compiler] Swinburne

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.

Les Miserables, Volume I, Fantine 1862

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.

The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795

This country also produces many drugs and gums, and particularly the gum-lac, from which hard sealing-wax is made.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Robert Kerr 1784

Out of the trees we cut down for fire-wood, there issued some gum, which the surgeon called gum-lac.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 Robert Kerr 1784

Out of the trees we cut down for fire-wood, there issued some gum, which the surgeon called gum-lac.

A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, Volume 1 James Cook 1753

From thefc trees, when cut down, iflued, what the fui geons call, gum-lac«

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 1790

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.

Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1843