Anagrams of SHELLACKINGS

• lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white

• a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood

• cover with shellac

• a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)

• a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar

• bind the arms of

• restrain with fetters

• shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree

• a soft whitish calcite

• a pure flat white with little reflectance

• an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant

• a piece of calcite or a similar substance, usually in the shape of a crayon, that is used to write or draw on blackboards or other flat surfaces

• write, draw, or trace with chalk

• long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants

• comb with a heckle

• small crude shelter used as a dwelling

• make one's home in a particular place or community

• move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly

• A processed secretion of the lac insect, Coccus lacca; used in polishes, varnishes etc.

• A beating; a thrashing.

• one who works hard at boring tasks

• a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends

• a mediocre and disdained writer

• a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil

• a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

• an old or over-worked horse

• a horse kept for hire

• a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.

• cut with a hacking tool

• be able to manage or manage successfully

• cut away

• kick on the arms

• kick on the shins

• fix a computer program piecemeal until it works

• significantly cut up a manuscript

• cough spasmodically

• cover with shellac