'Varnished' definitions:
Definition of 'varnished'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having a coating of stain or varnish [syn: stained, varnished]
Definition of 'Varnished'
From: GCIDE
- Varnish \Var"nish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Varnished; p. pr. & vb. n. Varnishing.] [Cf. F. vernir, vernisser. See Varnish, n.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. "Beauty doth varnish age." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Close ambition, varnished o'er with zeal. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Cato's voice was ne'er employed To clear the guilty and to varnish crimes. --Addison. [1913 Webster]