Found 2 hits - Term: varnishing, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
varnishing \var"nishing\, n.
the act of laying on varnish; also, materials for varnish.
1913 webster
- [2] : 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
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