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Definition of varnish

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Varnish (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..

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Dammara :: Dammara (n.) An oleoresin used in making varnishes; dammar gum; dammara resin. It is obtained from certain resin trees indigenous to the East Indies, esp. Shorea robusta and the dammar pine..

Bloom :: Bloom (n.) The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.

Varnish :: Varnish (n.) That which resembles varnish, either naturally or artificially; a glossy appearance..

Thitsee :: Thitsee (n.) The varnish tree of Burmah (Melanorrhoea usitatissima).

Japanned :: "Japanned (a.) Treated, or coated, with varnish in the Japanese manner..

Varnish :: Varnish (n.) An artificial covering to give a fair appearance to any act or conduct; outside show; gloss.

Coat :: Coat (n.) A layer of any substance covering another; a cover; a tegument; as, the coats of the eye; the coats of an onion; a coat of tar or varnish..

Overgild :: Overgild (v. t.) To gild over; to varnish.

Melanorrhoea :: Melanorrhoea (n.) An East Indian genus of large trees. Melanorrh/a usitatissima is the lignum-vitae of Pegu, and yelds a valuable black varnish..

Coal Tar :: Coal tar () A thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by the distillation of bituminous coal in the manufacture of illuminating gas; used for making printer's ink, black varnish, etc. It is a complex mixture from which many substances have been obtained, especially hydrocarbons of the benzene or aromatic series..

Overflourish :: Overflourish (v. t.) To embellish with outward ornaments or flourishes; to varnish over.

Stopple :: Stopping-out (n.) A method adopted in etching, to keep the acid from those parts which are already sufficiently corroded, by applying varnish or other covering matter with a brush, but allowing the acid to act on the other parts..

Saffron :: Saffron (n.) The aromatic, pungent, dried stigmas, usually with part of the stile, of the Crocus sativus. Saffron is used in cookery, and in coloring confectionery, liquors, varnishes, etc., and was formerly much used in medicine..

Japan :: "Japan (v. t.) To cover with a coat of hard, brilliant varnish, in the manner of the Japanese; to lacquer..

Venturine :: Venturine (n.) Gold powder for covering varnished surfaces.

Vernish :: Vernish (n. & v.) Varnish.

Copal :: Copal () A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America (Trachylobium Hornemannianum, T. verrucosum, and Hymenaea Courbaril), and dug from earth where forests have stood in Africa; -- used chiefly in making varnishes..

Anime :: Anime (n.) A resin exuding from a tropical American tree (Hymenaea courbaril), and much used by varnish makers..

Tacky :: Tacky (a.) Sticky; adhesive; raw; -- said of paint, varnish, etc., when not well dried..

Varnisher :: Varnisher (n.) One who disguises or palliates; one who gives a fair external appearance.