present participle of shellac

A fisheries and colloquial term for an aquatic invertebrate having an inner or outer shell, such as a mollusc or crustacean, especially when edible.

Artillery bombardment.

One who, or that which, shells.

A processed secretion of the lac insect, Coccus lacca; used in polishes, varnishes etc. / (informal, US) A beating; a thrashing.

(transitive) To coat with shellac. / (informal, US, transitive) To beat; to thrash. / (informal, US, transitive) To inflict a heavy defeat upon.

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), a Romantic poet. / A habitational surname from Old English. / A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly before 1930 usage.

plural of shellfish

plural of shellac

plural of shellacker