Crossword clues for varnishing
varnishing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Varnish \Var"nish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Varnished; p. pr. & vb. n. Varnishing.] [Cf. F. vernir, vernisser. See Varnish, n.]
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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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.Close ambition, varnished o'er with zeal.
--Milton.Cato's voice was ne'er employed To clear the guilty and to varnish crimes.
--Addison.
Varnishing \Var"nish*ing\, n. The act of laying on varnish; also, materials for varnish.
Wiktionary
n. An application of varnish. vb. (present participle of varnish English)
Usage examples of "varnishing".
They were varnishing ladders, and when they finished the ladders, they would start painting the tracks for the conveyors that ran nonstop when the packinghouse was in full operation.
These were undergoing the repairs which the monuments of the past are perpetually suffering in the present, and there was some special painting and varnishing for the reception of the Kaiser, who was coming to Nuremberg for the military manoeuvres then at hand.
So remonstrance was impossible, and no steering could be done till the next varnishing day.