Ja*pan" (j&adot;*păn"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Japanned (j&adot;*pănd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Japanning.]
1.
To cover with a coat of hard, brilliant varnish, in the manner
of the Japanese; to lacquer.
2. To give a glossy black to, as shoes. [R.] Gay.
Ja*pan" , a. Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that
country; as, Japan ware.
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.
Ja*pan" (j&adot;*păn"), 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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