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varnish

[vahr-nish] / ˈvɑr nɪʃ /


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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

By mixing this material with varnish, it could be applied as a paint.

From Science Daily • May 2, 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

Old filing cabinets divided the room into several small cubicles, in each of which was a desk painted with a peculiar orange varnish.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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