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veneering


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Veneer  \Ve*neer"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Veneered};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Veneering}.]  [G.  furnieren  fourniren  fr  F.  fournir  to 
  furnish.  See  {Furnish}.] 
  To  overlay  or  plate  with  a  thin  layer  of  wood  or  other 
  material  for  outer  finish  or  decoration;  as  to  veneer  a 
  piece  of  furniture  with  mahogany.  Used  also  figuratively. 
 
  As  a  rogue  in  grain  Veneered  with  sanctimonious  theory. 
  --Tennyson. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Veneering  \Ve*neer"ing\,  n. 
  1.  The  act  or  art  of  one  who  veneers. 
 
  2.  Thin  wood  or  other  material  used  as  a  veneer. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  veneering 
  n  1:  a  thin  layer  of  superior  wood  glued  to  a  base  of  inferior 
  wood  [syn:  {veneer}] 
  2:  the  act  of  applying  veneer 




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