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English Dictionary: varnished	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for varnished
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
varnished adj having a coating of stain or varnish [syn: stained, varnished]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Varnish \Var"nish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Varnished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Varnishing}.] [Cf. F. vernir, vernisser. See {Varnish}, n.] 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. 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. [bd]Beauty doth varnish age.[b8] --Shak. Close ambition, varnished o'er with zeal. --Milton. Cato's voice was ne'er employed To clear the guilty and to varnish crimes. --Addison.