As well as I could gather, I was subjecting my interior to that highly shellacked gloss which is peculiar to the bosom of the old-fashioned full-dress or burying shirt upon its return from the steam laundry, when what my system really called for was the dull domestic finish.
"One Third Off"
Irvin S. Cobb
The proper bright-orange, oiled and shellacked surface is more apt to be a sickly lemon.
"The Complete Book of Cheese"
Robert Carlton Brown
Between meals the silver top was put on the silver holder and the oiled and shellacked rind kept the cheese moist.
"The Complete Book of Cheese"
Robert Carlton Brown