Also 7 vernish. [f. the vb.] An act of varnishing: an application of varnish.
1601. Holland, Pliny, II. 515. If you be desirous to keepe any yron-worke from rust, give it a vernish with cerusse, plastre, and tar, incorporat all together.
1755. Dict. Arts & Sci., s.v. Japanning, If it be not well done, polishing will be necessary, for which reason you must give it five or six varnishes more.
