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varnishing

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Varnish  \Var"nish\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Varnished};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Varnishing}.]  [Cf.  F.  vernir,  vernisser  See 
  {Varnish},  n.] 
  1.  To  lay  varnish  on  to  cover  with  a  liquid  which  produces, 
  when  dry,  a  hard,  glossy  surface;  as  to  varnish  a  table; 
  to  varnish  a  painting. 
 
  2.  To  cover  or  conceal  with  something  that  gives  a  fair 
  appearance;  to  give  a  fair  coloring  to  by  words  to  gloss 
  over  to  palliate;  as  to  varnish  guilt.  ``Beauty  doth 
  varnish  age.''  --Shak. 
 
  Close  ambition,  varnished  o'er  with  zeal.  --Milton. 
 
  Cato's  voice  was  ne'er  employed  To  clear  the  guilty 
  and  to  varnish  crimes.  --Addison. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Varnishing  \Var"nish*ing\,  n. 
  The  act  of  laying  on  varnish;  also  materials  for  varnish.




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