varnish
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Nonfarmale’s transfer was deemed perfectly done, but discolored varnish was removed, holes and cracks were repaired, and, as is modern practice, restored areas were made congruent with the rest by delicate watercolor cross-hatching.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
“I did my best to strip the varnish away,” Sheff writes.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2025
Such resin was used as a preservative in wine and, in Egypt, as incense and as varnish on funerary equipment of the New Kingdom era.
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024
With a nail brush in hand Lisha Dachor,19, whizzed around an events centre in Plateau state, northern Nigeria, adorning hundreds of fingernails with blue, pink and purple varnish.
From BBC • May 2, 2024
The smell of fresh varnish made her feel like the inaugural passenger of a magical, maiden voyage.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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