oil varnish

British  

noun

1. another name for varnish

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oil varnish

Of course I mean oil varnish, but am apt to forget this age of cheapness, which flies to easily put on, quick-drying, cheap spirit.

From Violin Making 'The Strad' Library, No. IX. by Mayson, Walter H. (Walter Henry)

To blacken the fronts of stone chimney-pieces, mix oil varnish with lamp black that has been sifted, and a little spirit of turpentine to thin it to the consistence of paint.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

But to what oil varnish is not my present purpose; why should I seek to close the door on research and on experiment?

From Violin Making 'The Strad' Library, No. IX. by Mayson, Walter H. (Walter Henry)

To prevent iron and steel from rusting, mix with fat oil varnish, at least half, or at most four fifths of its quantity of highly rectified spirits of turpentine.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

Now a Violin varnished with fine oil varnish, like all good things, takes time to mature, and will not bear forcing in any way.

From The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators by Hart, George