Word Finder - varnish

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A type of paint with a solvent that evaporates to leave a hard, transparent, glossy film.

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Anything resembling such a paint; glossy appearance.

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(by extension) A deceptively showy appearance.

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A passenger train, probably derived from the varnished passenger cars used at one time.

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To apply varnish.

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To cover up with varnish.

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To gloss over a defect.

A plaster cast of the type is, when dry, saturated with shellac varnish and redried.

Extensive use of this property is made in the paint and varnish trades.

By boiling this varnish with dilute nitric acid vapours of acrolein are given off, and the substance gradually becomes a solid non-adhesive mass the same as the ultimate oxidation product of both raw and boiled oil.

Small fragments, formerly thrown away or used only for varnish, are now utilized on a large scale in the formation of "ambroid" or "pressed amber."

The cables are wrapped in cotton duck soaked in oxidized oil and varnish, and are sheathed in sheet iron.

The " ni-in " (also known as " axe ") is a small scale insect belonging to the genus Coccus, found in Yucatan, Oaxaca, Vera Cruz, Michoacan and other southern states, where it inhabits the spondia trees and produces a greasy substance called " ni-inea," which is much used by the natives as a varnish, especially for domestic utensils, as it resists fire as well as water.

Shen-si is specially noted for the varnish tree.

The town is flourishing and rapidly increasing, and possesses very extensive wire factories (in connexion with which there are puddling and rolling works), machine works, and manufactories of gloves, baskets, leather, starch, chemicals, varnish, oil and beer.

If the electrified body is touched against the upper plate whilst at the same time the lower plate is put to earth, the condenser formed of the two plates and the film of air or varnish becomes charged with positive electricity on the one plate and negative on the other.

Then come establishments for making tobacco, gloves, chocolate, artificial manure, cement, varnish, chemicals and pottery.

Among the city's manufactures are agricultural implements, iron bridges and other structural iron work, watches and watch-cases, steel, engines, safes, locks, cutlery, hardware, wagons, carriages, paving-bricks, furniture, dental and surgical chairs, paint and varnish, clay-working machinery and saw-mill machinery.

Incense was constantly used, especially the copalli (copal) well known to us for varnish; little terra-cotta censers are among the commonest of Mexican antiquities.

To eliminate the light returned from the hinder surface of an engraved grating, he covered it with a black varnish.

At Spring Point is Fort Preble, established in 1808 and now a coast artillery station; and at Portland Head is Fort Williams. The city has steel-rolling mills, car shops of the Boston & Maine railway, and ship-building interests, and manufactures marine hardware and varnish.

The Platinoid Coil Was Insulated From The Water By Shellac Varnish.

About half the outside and half the inside surface is coated smoothly with tin foil, and the remainder of the glazed surface is painted with shellac varnish.

It was a common practice to apply to such seals a coating of brown varnish.

The solution is to apply gloss varnish, or even paint the model with gloss paints, before applying the decals.

Apply the varnish in the direction of the grain to a couple of boards at a time along their entire length.

Another mineral called mica is ground up to add glitter to lipsticks and nail varnish.

The dark film, known as desert varnish, traps microbes and other life forms in its sticky surface.

The GGU window has molded polyurethane around a timber core, with a white varnish finish.

G4 Pond Sealer A moisture curing single part polyurethane varnish ideal for sealing damp porous surfaces prior to using release agent.

A number are used as solvents in glues, paints, nail varnish removers, dry cleaning fluids and de-greasing compounds.

Yet, for 12 years we have been allowed to carry on whatever liquids we wanted, ranging from nail varnish remover to Coke.

As it has a soft satin finish we won't need to varnish or seal.

Instead, use clear shellac or varnish or several coats of linseed oil.

The fuel stabilizer helps maintain the octane of the fuel, and reduces the gum and varnish buildup that can otherwise occur during storage.

The best way to remove the varnish would be to use a chemical stripper that you can buy from any DIY shop.

Using mediums and varnish thinners, turpentine and linseed oil all work much as they do with conventional tube oil paints.

Apply one coat of priming varnish using a stainless steel trowel.

Removal of discolored varnish would help bring back the wonderful iciness of the scene.

No make up, nail varnish or jewelry should be worn to school.

You should also remove nail varnish or bring remover with you.

Then apply a dark colored, Matt varnish or even a dark brown paint.

Once the paint had dried I applied two thin coats of acrylic varnish which gave the necessary reflective surface.

There were no Barbie dolls, no pink bedrooms, no pink nail varnish, none of that!

This is covered with materials composed of old blankets and canvas and being properly secured with a thick varnish or pitch.

Throughout the brown colored varnish is wrinkled, probably due to wood shrinkage.

A coat of modern polyurethane varnish gives the roller a smart finish.

Outdoor plaques with a choice of stain and finished with three coats of high gloss quality yacht varnish.

It is still the commonest detonator, but it is now usually mixed with other substances; the British service uses for percussion caps 6 parts of fulminate, 6 of potassium chlorate and 4 of antimony sulphide, and for time fuses 4 parts of fulminate, 6 of potassium chlorate and 4 of antimony sulphide, the mixture being damped with a shellac varnish; for use in blasting, a home office order of 1897 prescribes a mixture of 4 parts of fulminate and 1 of potassium chlorate.

Theodahad, notwithstanding a varnish of literary culture, was a coward and a scoundrel.

It was to this that Massinissa owed his fame and success; he was a barbarian at heart, but he had a varnish of culture, and to this he added the craft and cunning in which Carthaginian statesmen were supposed to excel.

According to a British consular report for 1904 there were 153 manufacturing establishments in the city producing cotton, linen and silk textiles, leather, boots and shoes, alcohol and alcoholic beverages, beer, flour, conserves and candied fruits, cigars and cigarettes, Italian pastes, chocolate, starch, hats, oils, ice, furniture, pianos and other musical instruments, matches, beds, candles, chemicals, iron and steel, printing-type, paint and varnish, glass, looking-glass, cement and artificial stone, earthenware, bricks and tiles, soap, cardboard, papier mache, cartridges and explosives, white lead, perfumery, carriages and wagons, and corks.

The outbreak of the French Revolution stripped off the varnish of philosophy and philanthropy which she had assumed in earlier years.

The alcoves were white, seemingly of stone or plaster; but the archways were covered with blue varnish or blue tiles, with beautiful inscriptions in white and gold.

The varnish is then removed, a different design stopped out, and another metal deposited.

At the present time excellent reproductions of Rowland's speculum gratings are on the market (Thorp, Ives, Wallace), prepared, after a suggestion of Sir David Brewster, by coating the original with a varnish, e.g.

Electrostatic voltmeters are also liable to have their indications disturbed by electrification of the glass cover of the instrument; this can be avoided by varnishing the glass with a semi-conducting varnish so as to prevent the location of electrostatic charges on the glass.