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revarnish

  • a word derived from varnish.
    varnish
    noun
    a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil oil varnish or in alcohol spirit varnish or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.

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To revarnish, wipe off all grease stains, and dress lightly down with the best copal.

From The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle by Charles Barker Bradford

He himself would learn the practical and manual art of restoration—learn how to clean, reline, revarnish; how to identify, how to dissect.

From The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

All he did vas to scrape it down and revarnish it—and now it is joost as good as new.'

From Felix O'Day by Francis Hopkinson Smith

Let us season our reading, polish it, grain it, varnish it, repolish it and revarnish it, until we are just like it ourselves—clear, concise, intelligent.

From The Golden Censer The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future by John McGovern

Make use of the brush to revarnish several places which are scaling off on the margin and the back of the plate.

From A Treatise on Etching by Maxime Lalanne