Varnishing
['vɑrnɪʃ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Varnish
(n.) The act of laying on varnish; also, materials for varnish.
Typist: Wesley
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of varnishing anything, denotes that you will seek to win distinction by fraudulent means. To see others varnishing, foretells that you are threatened with danger from the endeavor of friends to add to their own possessions.
Editor: Segre
Examples
- 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.
Editor: Segre