English-Thai Dictionary

varnish

N น้ำมัน ขัดเงา  น้ำมัน เคลือบ เงา  น้ำมัน ชักเงา  enamel lacquer wax nam-man-kad-ngao

 

varnish

VT ใส่ น้ำมัน ขัดเงา  ใส่ น้ำมัน เคลือบ เงา  เคลือบ เงา  coat gloss polish wax sai-nam-man-kad-ngao

 

varnisher

N สาร ขัดเงา  san-kad-ngao

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VARNISH

n.[Low L. vernix. ] 1. A thick, viscid, glossy liquid, laid on work by painters and others, to give it a smooth hard surface and a beautiful gloss. Varnishes are made of different materials and for different purposes. amber varnish is made of amber, lintseed oil, litharge and turpentine. Black varnish, for japanning wood and leather, is made by mixing lampblack with a proper quantity of a strong solution of gum-lac in spirit of wine.
2. An artificial covering to give a fair appearance to any act or conduct.

 

VARNISH

v.t. 1. To lay varnish on; to cover with a liquid, for giving any thing a glossy surface; as, to varnish a sideboard or table.
2. To cover with something that gives a fair external appearance.
Close ambition, varnish'd o'er with zeal.
3. To give a fair external appearance in words; to give a fair coloring to; as, to varnish errors or deformity.
Cato's voice was ne'er employ'd to clear the guilty, and to varnish crimes.
And bow the knee to pomp that loves to varnish guilt.

 

VARNISHED

pp. 1. Covered with varnish; made glossy.
2. Rendered fair in external appearance.

 

VARNISHER

n. 1. One who varnishes, or whose occupation is to varnish.
2. One who disguises or palliates; one who gives a fair external appearance.

 

VARNISHING

ppr. Laying on varnish; giving a fair external appearance.

 

VARNISH-TREE

n.The Rhus vernix, poison ash, or poison oak.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VARNISH

Var "nish, n. Etym: [OE. vernish, F. vernis, LL. vernicium; akin to F.vernir to varnish, fr. (assumed ) LL. vitrinire to glaze, from LL. vitrinus glassy, fr. L. vitrum glass. See Vitreous. ]

 

1. A viscid liquid, consisting of a solution of resinous matter in an oil or a volatile liquid, laid on work with a brush, or otherwise. When applied the varnish soon dries, either by evaporation or chemical action, and the resinous part forms thus a smooth, hard surface, with a beautiful gloss, capable of resisting, to a greater or less degree, the influences of air and moisture.

 

Note: According to the sorts of solvents employed, the ordinary kinds of varnish are divided into three classes: spirit, turpentine, and oil varnishes. Encyc. Brit

 

2. That which resembles varnish, either naturally or artificially; a glossy appearance. The varnish of the holly and ivy. Macaulay.

 

3. An artificial covering to give a fair appearance to any act or conduct; outside show; gloss. And set a double varnish on the fame The Frenchman gave you. Shak. Varnish tree (Bot. ), a tree or shrub from the juice or resin of which varnish is made, as some species of the genus Rhus, especially R. vernicifera of Japan. The black varnish of Burmah is obtained from the Melanorrhoea usitatissima, a tall East Indian tree of the Cashew family. See Copal, and Mastic.

 

VARNISH

Var "nish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Varnished; p. pr. & vb. n. Varnishing. ]Etym: [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. "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.

 

VARNISHER

VARNISHER Var "nish *er, n.

 

1. One who varnishes; one whose occupation is to varnish.

 

2. One who disguises or palliates; one who gives a fair external appearance. Pope.

 

VARNISHING

VARNISHING Var "nish *ing, n.

 

Defn: The act of laying on varnish; also, materials for varnish.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

varnish

var nish |ˈvärniSH ˈvɑrnɪʃ | ▶noun resin dissolved in a liquid for applying on wood, metal, or other materials to form a hard, clear, shiny surface when dry. • [ in sing. ] archaic an external or superficially attractive appearance of a specific quality: an outward varnish of civilization. ▶verb [ with obj. ] apply varnish to: we stripped the floor and varnished it. • disguise or gloss over (a fact ): the White House is varnishing over the defeat of the president's proposal. DERIVATIVES var nish er noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French vernis, from medieval Latin veronix ‘fragrant resin, sandarac ’ or medieval Greek berenikē, probably from Berenice, a town in Cyrenaica.

 

varnish tree

var nish tree ▶noun another term for lacquer tree.

 

Oxford Dictionary

varnish

var |nish |ˈvɑːnɪʃ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] resin dissolved in a liquid for applying on wood, metal, or other materials to form a hard, clear, shiny surface when dry. • short for nail varnish. • [ in sing. ] literary an external or superficially attractive appearance of a specific quality: an outward varnish of civilization. ▶verb [ with obj. ] apply varnish to: we stripped the floor and varnished it | [ with obj. and complement ] : her toenails were varnished red. DERIVATIVES varnisher noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French vernis, from medieval Latin veronix ‘fragrant resin, sandarac ’ or medieval Greek berenikē, probably from Berenice, a town in Cyrenaica.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

varnish

varnish noun & verb two coats of varnish | she varnished the woodwork: lacquer, shellac, finish, japan, enamel, glaze; polish, wax.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

varnish

varnish noun several coats of varnish: lacquer, lac, shellac, japan, enamel, glaze, polish, oil, resin, wax. ▶verb we stripped the floor and varnished it: lacquer, shellac, japan, enamel, glaze, polish, oil, resin, wax.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

varnish

var nish /vɑ́ː r nɪʃ /名詞 複 ～es /-ɪz /1 U C ニス , ワニス ▸ apply two coats of varnish to a table テーブルにニスを2度塗りする .2 〖the ～〗ニスを塗った表面; (ニスを塗ったような )光沢 (面 ).3 U ｟比喩的に ｠〖時にa ～〗(態度などの )うわべだけの飾り, 虚飾, ごまかし, 見せかけ (pretense )▸ cover one's selfishness with a varnish of good manners 見せかけの礼儀正しさで利己心を隠す .4 U ｟英 ｠マニキュア液 (nail varnish [polish ]).動詞 他動詞 1 …にニス [ワニス ]を塗る ;｟ 英 ｠〈つめ 〉にマニキュアを塗る ▸ varnished wooden floors ニスを塗った木製の床 ▸ red varnished fingernails 赤いマニキュアを塗ったつめ .2 …を飾る, …のうわべを飾る, …を粉飾する (over ).