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"The painter will varnish that part over when he comes in the morning," said Mr. Bobbsey.

From The Bobbsey Twins at Home by Hope, Laura Lee

I have ever found the upper table the most exacting and difficult; but, once again, never flood your brush, and you will varnish sooner or later.

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