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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..

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

Melanotype :: Melanotype (n.) A positive picture produced with sensitized collodion on a smooth surface of black varnish, coating a thin plate of iron; also, the process of making such a picture..

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

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..

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

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

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..

Varnished :: Varnished (imp. & p. p.) of Varnis.

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..

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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