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Varnishing
(gcide) | Varnishing \Var"nish*ing\, n.
The act of laying on varnish; also, materials for varnish.
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Varnishing
(gcide) | Varnish \Var"nish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Varnished; p. pr. &
vb. n. Varnishing.] [Cf. F. vernir, vernisser. See
Varnish, n.]
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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.
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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.
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Close ambition, varnished o'er with zeal. --Milton.
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Cato's voice was ne'er employed
To clear the guilty and to varnish crimes.
--Addison.
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