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Found 2 hits - Term: varnished, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
varnish \var"nish\, v. t. imp.  p. p. varnished; p. pr. 
   vb. n. varnishing. cf. f. vernir, vernisser. see
   varnish, n.
   1913 webster
   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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            close ambition, varnished o'er with zeal. --milton.
      1913 webster

            cato's voice was ne'er employed
            to clear the guilty and to varnish crimes.
                                                  --addison.
      1913 webster
see also:
varnished varnishing varnish 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
varnished
     adj : having a coating of stain or varnish syn: stained
see also:
stained 

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