Varnish
['vɑːnɪʃ] or ['vɑrnɪʃ]
Definition
(noun.) a coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface.
(verb.) cover with varnish.
Checked by Alissa--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A viscid liquid, consisting of a solution of resinous matter in an oil or a volatile liquid, laid on work with a brush, or otherwise. When applied the varnish soon dries, either by evaporation or chemical action, and the resinous part forms thus a smooth, hard surface, with a beautiful gloss, capable of resisting, to a greater or less degree, the influences of air and moisture.
(n.) That which resembles varnish, either naturally or artificially; a glossy appearance.
(n.) An artificial covering to give a fair appearance to any act or conduct; outside show; gloss.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
Typed by Adele
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Lacquer.
v. a. [1]. Lacquer, Japan.[2]. Polish, adorn, decorate, garnish, gild.[3]. Palliate, gloss, extenuate, excuse.
Typist: Nigel
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Glaze, gloss, disguise, palliate, embellish, sophisticate, furbish
ANT:Simplify, divest, disembellish, disencumber
Inputed by Ferdinand
Definition
v.t. to cover with a liquid so as to give a glossy surface to: to give a fair appearance to.—n. a sticky liquid which dries and forms a hard lustrous coating: a glossy lustrous appearance: any gloss or palliation.—ns. Var′nisher; Var′nishing; Var′nishing-day a day before the opening of a picture exhibition when exhibitors may varnish or retouch their pictures after they have been hung; Var′nish-tree a name given to trees of several distinct natural orders the resinous juice of which is used for varnishing or for lacquering.
Typist: Suzy
Examples
- The shoes are then covered with a coat of rubber varnish, and are put into cars and run into the vulcanizing ovens, where they remain from six to seven hours at a temperature of about 275°. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- About 1797, some Englishman began to make water-proof varnish from it, and to take out patents for the same. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In a short time a white metallic image is obtained, which, when relieved by a background of black velvet or black varnish, equals in delicacy of finish the most beautiful Daguerreotypes. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The little that was left in the world, when all these deductions were made, it was Mrs General's province to varnish. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- There was varnish in Mrs General's voice, varnish in Mrs General's touch, an atmosphere of varnish round Mrs General's figure. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I think the varnish has been put on very nicely. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- YOUR varnish is fading. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The more cracked it was, the more Mrs General varnished it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Hard as she had tried in her laborious life to attain many ends, she had never tried harder than she did now, to be varnished by Mrs General. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He made his face shine with the punch, so that it looked as if it had been varnished all over. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- His varnished hat was shining in the wet. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Then apply water, and with a soft piece of gum rubber rub off the paper so as to leave the photographic image on the varnished glass. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- From the varnishing department the shoes are taken to the vulcanizers, which are large ovens heated by innumerable steam pipes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Before this latter operation, the finished tapering, smoothing, varnishing and polishing is done by hand. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The goods are all inspected before they are loaded on the iron cars to go to the varnishing department, where they receive the gloss which makes them look like patent leather. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In varnishing ebonized wood a little drop black must be added to the varnish or it will give a brown shade. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
Checker: Wayne