Found 3 items, similar to japan.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: japan
jepang, nipon
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: japan
japan
v : coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan
[also:
japanning,
japanned]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Japan
Japan
\Ja*pan"\ (j[.a]*p[a^]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Japanned
(j[.a]*p[a^]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Japanning.]
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1. To cover with a coat of hard, brilliant varnish, in the
manner of the Japanese; to lacquer.
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2. To give a glossy black to, as shoes. [R.] --Gay.
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Japan
\Ja*pan"\ (j[.a]*p[a^]n"), n. [From Japan, the country.]
Work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner; also, the
varnish or lacquer used in japanning.
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Japan
\Ja*pan"\, a.
Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that
country; as, Japan ware.
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Japan allspice (Bot.), a spiny shrub from Japan
(
Chimonanthus fragrans), related to the Carolina
allspice.
Japan black (Chem.), a quickly drying black lacquer or
varnish, consisting essentially of asphaltum dissolved in
naphtha or turpentine, and used for coating ironwork; --
called also
Brunswick black,
Japan lacquer, or simply
Japan.
Japan camphor, ordinary camphor brought from China or
Japan, as distinguished from the rare variety called
borneol or
Borneo camphor.
Japan clover, or
Japan pea (Bot.), a cloverlike plant
(
Lespedeza striata) from Eastern Asia, useful for
fodder, first noticed in the Southern United States about
1860, but now become very common. During the Civil War it
was called variously
Yankee clover and
Rebel clover.
Japan earth. See
Catechu.
Japan ink, a kind of writing ink, of a deep, glossy black
when dry.
Japan varnish, a varnish prepared from the milky juice of
the
Rhus vernix, a small Japanese tree related to the
poison sumac.
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Japan
\Ja*pan"\, a.
Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that
country; as, Japan ware.
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Japan allspice (Bot.), a spiny shrub from Japan
(
Chimonanthus fragrans), related to the Carolina
allspice.
Japan black (Chem.), a quickly drying black lacquer or
varnish, consisting essentially of asphaltum dissolved in
naphtha or turpentine, and used for coating ironwork; --
called also
Brunswick black,
Japan lacquer, or simply
Japan.
Japan camphor, ordinary camphor brought from China or
Japan, as distinguished from the rare variety called
borneol or
Borneo camphor.
Japan clover, or
Japan pea (Bot.), a cloverlike plant
(
Lespedeza striata) from Eastern Asia, useful for
fodder, first noticed in the Southern United States about
1860, but now become very common. During the Civil War it
was called variously
Yankee clover and
Rebel clover.
Japan earth. See
Catechu.
Japan ink, a kind of writing ink, of a deep, glossy black
when dry.
Japan varnish, a varnish prepared from the milky juice of
the
Rhus vernix, a small Japanese tree related to the
poison sumac.
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