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Inoxidize :: Inoxidize (v. i.) To prevent or hinder oxidation, rust, or decay; as, inoxidizing oils or varnishes..

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

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

Megilph :: Megilph (n.) A gelatinous compound of linseed oil and mastic varnish, used by artists as a vehicle for colors..

Creep :: Creep (v. t.) To slip, or to become slightly displaced; as, the collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying; the quicksilver on a mirror may creep..

Camphine :: Camphine (n.) Rectified oil of turpentine, used for burning in lamps, and as a common solvent in varnishes..

Japanner :: "Japanner (n.) One who varnishes in the manner of the Japanese, or one skilled in the art..

Mastic :: Mastic (n.) A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by incision. The best is in yellowish white, semitransparent tears, of a faint smell, and is used as an astringent and an aromatic, also as an ingredient in varnishes..

Naphtha :: Naphtha (n.) The complex mixture of volatile, liquid, inflammable hydrocarbons, occurring naturally, and usually called crude petroleum, mineral oil, or rock oil. Specifically: That portion of the distillate obtained in the refinement of petroleum which is intermediate between the lighter gasoline and the heavier benzine, and has a specific gravity of about 0.7, -- used as a solvent for varnishes, as a carburetant, illuminant, etc..

Lacquer :: Lacquer (n.) A varnish, consisting of a solution of shell-lac in alcohol, often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; -- used for varnishing metals, papier-mache, and wood. The name is also given to varnishes made of other ingredients, esp. the tough, solid varnish of the Japanese, with which ornamental objects are made..

Size :: Size (v. i.) Any viscous substance, as gilder's varnish..

Varnishing :: Varnishing (n.) The act of laying on varnish; also, materials for varnish..

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

Sleek :: Sleek (n.) That which makes smooth; varnish.

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

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

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

Varnisher :: Varnisher (n.) One who varnishes; one whose occupation is to varnish.

Japanning :: Japanning (n.) The art or act of varnishing in the Japanese manner.

Ivorytype :: Ivorytype (n.) A picture produced by superposing a very light print, rendered translucent by varnish, and tinted upon the back, upon a stronger print, so as to give the effect of a photograph in natural colors; -- called also hellenotype..

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