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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Varnish \Var"nish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Varnished}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Varnishing}.] [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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  varnished
       adj : having a coating of stain or varnish [syn: {stained}]

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